Barnea Jaffa Lande | Israel | 7 Mar 2024
The Regulation of the Engagement in Payment and Payment Initiation Services Law, promulgated on June 6, 2023, will come into effect in a few months…
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP | USA | 28 Feb 2024
Crypto’s two calling cards, decentralization and anonymity, can lead to abuses, such as money laundering and tax evasion. The U.S. Treasury has long…
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP | USA | 14 Feb 2024
Passed in the final days of 2022, the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act has the potential to be one of the most important…
Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 13 Feb 2024
The Environment Agency has created an Economic Crime Unit to help it tackle money laundering and carry out financial investigations involving the…
Walkers | Cayman Islands | 12 Feb 2024
Associating the Cayman Islands with money laundering has been a staple of film and television, from "The Firm" in the 1990s to, more recently…
Lexology PRO | Belgium, Canada, European Union, etc. | 9 Feb 2024
The key sanctions imposed in light of the Israel-Hamas conflict, including asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes, amid increasing boycotts of perceived “pro-Israel” brands.
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 8 Feb 2024
A tribunal has refused to lift the FCA’s decision to halt the digital wallet activities of UK-based payment company Nvayo.
Vaish Associates Advocates | India | 6 Feb 2024
Money Laundering is not limited to the happening of the final act of integration of tainted property in the formal economy to constitute an act of…
TLT LLP | United Kingdom | 1 Feb 2024
In the decision of [2024] EWHC 98 (KB) handed out last week, the High Court has struck out a “de-banking” account closure claim bought by an…
Lexology PRO | Australia, European Union, Global, etc. | 29 Jan 2024
Financial institutions have long feared sharing customer information for fear of breaching their legal and regulatory obligations. What data can they share? And what safeguards must they put in place beforehand?