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Tag: AML
Anti-money laundering or AML refers to laws and regulations designed to prevent people from hiding money that they’ve obtained in illegal ways. From a compliance standpoint, AML regulations require that banks and other financial institutions follow rules and regulations to ensure they’re not issuing credit to or opening accounts for people who are participating in money laundering schemes or activities.
AML compliance officers are often appointed to oversee AML policies and ensure that organizations are compliant.
The following articles and resources cover many aspects of anti-money laundering as it relates to compliance and risk management.
FinCEN’s Proposed New AML Rules: What You Need to Know
The rule-making process is a culmination of years of moves toward standardizing financial institutions’ AML/CFT processes
The Day My Job Description Changed: Compliance & Personal Liability
A UAE compliance officer explains what Federal Decree Law No. 10 of 2025 means in practice and why the profession ...
Has the CTA Saga Finally Ended?
Beneficial ownership reporting rules that once applied to more than 30 million corporate entities in the US now have just ...
What the EU’s Italian Cases Mean for Sanctions & AML Compliance
Two CJEU rulings on trust structures signal that regulators will look past legal title to who actually benefits, decides and ...
Inside Korea’s Overhaul of Crypto Transfer Rules
Korea will provide early, in-force test of tighter self-hosted-wallet controls under consideration in EU
How Blockchain Intelligence Became Essential to Corporate Compliance
Crypto was initially built on the promise of permissionless finance, a system with no gatekeepers, no intermediaries and no paperwork. ...
59% of Audit, GRC & IT Leaders Concerned About Shadow AI
More governance work, same governance team size; UK firms facing new AML requirements
Fewer Than Half of Execs Say Their Board Excels
Companies feel unprepared for fincrime; frontline workers aren’t thinking about compliance under pressure
The State of OFAC Sanctions Enforcement in 2025-26
OFAC issued 14 enforcement actions in 2025, but the more important signal may be who got dinged
Banks Are Joining the Race to Issue Stablecoins; Can Their Compliance Teams Keep Up With the Risks?
Controls and infrastructure banks have built over decades were designed for a different speed of money
US-Iran Conflict Highlights Cascading Global Risks
Crypto outflows, art market evasion routes and a Strait of Hormuz chokepoint — the sanctions and supply chain exposure from ...
