Year End Reviews
New for 2025
2025 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The recalibration year: a new administration, narrower CTA, and a broader perimeter. The DOJ disbanded the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and BOI was rolled back for US-formed entities, but the residential real estate rule went live and state regulators stepped into the federal enforcement gap. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2024
2024 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The accountability year: TD Bank pleaded guilty in the largest BSA resolution in US history, BOI reporting went live, and FinCEN extended program obligations to investment advisers and residential real estate. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2023
2023 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The crypto reckoning: Binance settled for 4.3 billion dollars, Deutsche Bank paid 186 million dollars for unresolved deficiencies, and FinCEN finalized the BOI Access Rule. Individual accountability for BSA officers matured into a discipline. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2022
2022 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The sanctions year: Russia, Ukraine, crypto, and the limits of speed. Danske Bank crossed 2 billion dollars in December, USAA paid 140 million dollars in March, and OFAC designated Tornado Cash, the first sanctioned smart contract in history. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2021
2021 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The reset year: post-pandemic risk, new statute, new priorities. The AML Act of 2020 took effect, FinCEN issued the first government-wide AML and CFT priorities, and NatWest became the first UK bank criminally convicted under the Money Laundering Regulations. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2020
2020 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The pandemic year: COVID, PPP fraud, the FinCEN Files leak, the Goldman Sachs 1MDB resolution, Wirecard collapse, and the AML Act of 2020 conference report. A year of simultaneous shocks that tested operational resilience and exposed which programs had built genuine capability versus paper capability. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2019
2019 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The escalation year: Standard Chartered paid 1.1 billion dollars in Iran sanctions, OFAC published its first Framework for Compliance Commitments, the Westpac scandal broke in Australia, and FinCEN issued comprehensive guidance on virtual currency. The supervisory bar moved permanently up. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2018
2018 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The CDD year: beneficial ownership went operational on May 11, ABLV was shut down by Section 311 in February, ING paid 775 million EUR, US Bancorp paid 613 million dollars for capping BSA alerts, and Danske Bank Estonia broke open. The European supervisory framework began its rebuild. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
New for 2017
2017 Annual Compliance Review (Summary)
The transition year: a new US administration, Western Union paid 586 million dollars, Deutsche Bank paid 629 million dollars for Russian mirror trades, CAATSA codified Russia sanctions, and AML reform legislation began moving in Congress. The political tone changed; the substantive framework held. By Dominic Suszek, Founder and CEO, Global RADAR Solutions.
E-book Review
2024 Year End Review E-book
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).
E-book Riew
2023 Year End Review E-book
On January 4 th , the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced
that they had reached a settlement agreement with popular cryptocurrency exchange
Coinbase Global Inc.
E-book Review
2022 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing.
E-book Review
2021 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing.
E-book Review
2020 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing, the contentious presidential election, and of course, the COVID-19 pandemic
E-book Review
2019 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing.
E-book Review
2018 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing.
E-book Review
2017 Year End Review E-book
Global RADAR examines all of the latest happenings from the year that was including developments in the respective realms of regulatory compliance, cryptocurrency, money laundering & terrorism financing.