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July 2023
This bulletin examines the regulatory and enforcement actions of the 2nd Quarter of 2023 amounting to US$1.64 billion.

July 2023
This bulletin examines the trends in suspicious transaction reports and significant financial crime typologies in four Asian jurisdictions.
 

June 2023
This toolkit will help you craft effective information requests (RFIs), enhance collaboration beyond formal request, and gain invaluable insights into the world of cryptoasset businesses and terminology.

 

May 2023
The increased cost of compliance and regulatory pressures have caused organizations to focus on streamlining transaction monitoring processes. Explore our best practice guide to discover how organizations optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of their TM ecosystem.

AFC Bulletin: Regulation Q1 2023

Market contagion has caught our attention with crypto and bank collapses. This bulletin analyzes regulatory and enforcement actions across multiple countries, and industries.

Mar 2023

Sanctions and economic pressure against Russia continues to escalate in 2023. This AFC Briefing provides an overview of trends, techniques, and planning assumptions consolidated by global experts.

Feb 2023

This AFC Bulletin provides a year-end review of 2022’s regulatory and enforcement actions. It examines 348 cases from January to December 2022, involving 64 competent authorities in 36 jurisdictions.

Jan 2023

Regulators were particularly active in the fourth quarter of 2022. In this edition of our AFC Bulletin series, you can see the countries and regulators that were most active in the last quarter of the year, and the industries that bore the largest fines.

Dec 2022

From July to September 2022, 114 enforcement actions were given out by 40 competent authorities in 28 jurisdictions. In this AFC Bulletin, we explore the connection between regulatory action and industry type, the uplift in fraud SAR filings, and the increased enforcement on cryptocurrency providers.

Nov 2022

Suspicious activity reports continue to rise. In this AFC Bulletin, we explore the SAR trends observed from FinCEN’s 2022 data and SAR patterns by industry. We also explain the effects of emerging typologies and the implications for compliance functions.

Oct 2022

In this guide, we explore why FIs and NBFIs need to understand the AFC crypto risks they may be exposed to. Even the most risk-averse institutions can be exposed, either directly when they offer cryptoasset services, or indirectly when a client chooses to trade, invest, or transact cryptoassets.

Sep 2022

From January to June 2022, there were approximately US$4.8billion in fines from 37 competent authorities in 21 jurisdictions. In this first edition of our AFC Bulletin series, we explore the enforcement actions from the first two quarters of this year, and the decisions and direction that regulators are taking.

May 2022

Perpetual KYC is increasingly becoming a necessity for organizations. Its benefits significantly outweigh any challenges – both in terms of efficiency gains and the effectiveness of mitigating risk. In this guide we explore how organizations can pave the path to perpetual KYC.