AML / KYC

AML / KYC

Ex Coutts Banker Fined Over $700m 1MDB Transfer

By Editors | 03/08/2020

The former Coutts & Co banker approved a $700mn transfer request from Jho Low, the alleged mastermind behind the 1MDB scandal, despite repeated red flags.

AML / KYC

Pakistan Senate Passes Amendments to Anti-Terrorism, UNSC Laws

By Editors | 31/07/2020

The amendments raise the maximum penalties for violating anti-terrorism laws, and empower the government to implement UN Security Council resolutions.

AML / KYC

HKMA Issues AML Guidance to Banks As Pandemic Persists

By Manesh Samtani | 30/07/2020

The guidance sets out key practices banks have been using to manage customer due diligence, resource pressure, and emerging threats in the context of Covid-19.

AML / KYC

China Should Reduce SWIFT Use in Case of US Sanctions – Report

By Editors | 30/07/2020

China should prepare for potential US sanctions by increasing the use of CIPS for cross-border transactions, and by developing legislation similar to the EU’s blocking statute.

AML / KYC

HK Police Arrest Five in Transnational Credit Card Fraud Probe

By Editors | 29/07/2020

The syndicate members allegedly used credit card details stolen from cardholders in Singapore, US and Europe to make fraudulent online purchases of electronic products in Hong Kong.

AML / KYC

Sri Lanka Fines 2 Banks, 3 Finance Firms for AML Failures

By Duruthu E Chandrasekera | 29/07/2020

Sri Lanka’s FIU has revealed that two banks and one finance company were penalised in 2019, and two other finance companies in 2020.

AML / KYC

MAS Revokes Capital Markets Licence for AML Breaches

By Editors | 28/07/2020

Apical Asset Management lacked basic AML/CFT controls despite complex ownership structures used by some of its clients. Its two directors were reprimanded.

AML / KYC

Court Convicts Former Malaysian PM in 1MDB-linked Corruption Trial

By Editors | 28/07/2020

Najib Razak was found guilty of three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering and one count of abuse of power.

AML / KYC

Westpac Issues Update on Threshold Transaction Reporting Issues

By Editors | 28/07/2020

Westpac says it failed to report about 175,000 transactions to AUSTRAC as required, and may have filed 365,000 TTRs incorrectly.