The United States’ crusade against financial crime proliferating through the cryptocurrency market has been well documented of late, this as the growth of the crypto space has grown
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From the outset of 2024, U.S. financial regulators and lawmakers have pushed to further augment national anti-money laundering defenses, this as growing threats from money laundering and
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As the 2020’s continue to unfold, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) has become further cemented in the financial realm. New technologies are impacting financial service providers, as well as consumers, in a multitude of ways. Across the financial sector, applications providing new insights for firms with respect to data retrieval and analytics, performance measurements, […]
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In wake of the ongoing turmoil developing abroad, the United States government officially enacted its intervention strategy against the radical Hamas militant organization. While the U.S. Treasury Department and many of its counterparts already had long-standing sanctions in place barring the extremist group from the international banking system, the group was discovered to have been […]
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In spite of a significant increase in both attention paid and resources committed to fighting illicit finance at the global scale, money laundering and terrorist financing activity remain
Read More As we approach the two-year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the effects of the military conflict continue reverberate on the global financial system. Economic sanctions levied by dozens of major powers around the world have rained down on Russia and Crimea in wake of the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war, creating a uniquely […]
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Over the last week the world has been forced to watch in horror as yet more of violence has erupted in the Middle East – this time spurred on by an unprecedented attack led by the notorious Islamist militant/terrorist group Hamas against multiple Israeli towns beginning on October 7th . The unprovoked terror attacks coined […]
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The long-awaited Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is officially in effect as of January 1st, requiring beneficial ownership reporting for both American and foreign companies. The very goal of the CTA is in its name: transparency. Given the increasing prevalence of financial crime seen domestically and abroad, the United States is seeking to expose criminal and […]
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In recent years, several groundbreaking changes to U.S. domestic and foreign policy initiatives have been brought about as annual provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). With the 2024 iteration of the bill passing through Congress and ultimately signed into law by President Biden in late December, the NDAA has continued its attempts to […]
Read More The passing of the landmark U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as part of the greater National Defense Authorization Act in 2021 created a major ripple effect on the American financial realm, one that’s impact is truly beginning to be felt as 2023 draws to a close. Arguably the most significant aspect of the CTA is […]
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