Financial Crime Regulation: Part 2 - FinTechs and Terrorist Financing- Opinion on Financial Crime Risks in the European Union

Continuing with a detailed review of the European Banking Authority's Opinion on the Financial Crime Risks facing financial services businesses in the EU, Sam and Marie discuss how FinTechs are still considered to pose an elevated financial crime risks in the EU, concerns around the use of remote onboarding and other RegTech and why the terrorist financing risks are not seen to have changed since 2019 and what's needed to address it. Sam and Marie also take a quick peak at what the newly revised Risk Factor Guidelines require when it comes to addressing terrorist financing, and its possible impact on existing financial crime compliance programs.

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This podcast was inspired by the evolving Covid-19 restrictions and how it has impacted compliance professionals working in financial crime prevention. Reaching out to individuals across the globe, hosts Samantha Sheen and Marie Lundberg look at how people are adjusting to remote working from home while still keeping up efforts to detect, prevent and disrupt financial crime. The topics covered range from governance, KYC, transaction monitoring to cyber security and accountability.Taking a plain speaking approach, Marie and Sam analyse notable cases involving financial crime, epic “compliance fails” and lessons learnt along the way. And to help fellow compliance professionals keep on top of their CPD, case studies with illustrative slides are also included – a bit like story time for adults – so enjoy.