FINMA guidance calls out Swiss bank failings on AML risk analysis
By 
Neil Hodge2023-08-31T14:05:00
Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) published new guidance to improve banks’ money laundering risk analysis after repeatedly identifying shortcomings during on-site supervisory reviews.
The regulator reviewed the risk analyses of more than 30 banks in spring 2023. It found “a “large number (of banks) … did not meet the basic requirements for such an analysis.”
FINMA added even an adequate definition regarding risk tolerance around money laundering—the cornerstone for effective risk analysis—“was lacking in some cases.”
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