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Rodrigo Zepeda

Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited

A Guide to FCA Cryptoasset AML/CTF Applications for Crypto Firms: PART IV

By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION In June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on good and poor quality applications under the existing cryptoasset anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime (Feedback) (FCA, 4 June 2024). The Feedback identified that out of 347 applicati...

/crypto /crime Cryptocurrency Insights

John Bertrand

John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited

Bank Fraud is Colossus: what can we do?

Bank Fraud was examined in clinical detail at LexisNexis ‘Trust:Live 2024 Conference. Fraud represents 49% of UK Crime. No one knows how many scammers are out there. The scale of scam messages, over 1 billion sent over the telecom networks this year, suggests a significant number of digital fraudsters. The Dedicated Card & Payment Crime Unit ...

/payments /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Rodrigo Zepeda

Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited

A Guide to FCA Cryptoasset AML/CTF Applications for Crypto Firms: PART III

In June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on good and poor quality applications under the existing cryptoasset anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime (Feedback). This four-part blog series will aim to provide crypto firms and their compliance personnel (including Money Laundering Report...

/crypto /crime Cryptocurrency Insights

Sheza Gary

Sheza Gary Project Strategiest at Self Employed

Magecart Attack Mitigation Is Vital as Financial Fraud Runs Rampant

Magecart attacks refer to a common method of online fraud that have been around for almost a decade, and they continue to pose a serious threat to almost every financial organization, especially as e-commerce fraud becomes a growing concern. Security researchers say that Magecart groups have been active since at least 2016, and they are responsibl...

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Rodrigo Zepeda

Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited

A Guide to FCA Cryptoasset AML/CTF Applications for Crypto Firms: PART II

In June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on good and poor quality applications under the existing cryptoasset anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime (Feedback). This four-part blog series will aim to provide crypto firms and their compliance personnel (including Money Laundering Report...

/crypto /crime Cryptocurrency Insights

Rodrigo Zepeda

Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited

A Guide to FCA Cryptoasset AML/CTF Applications for Crypto Firms: PART I

In June 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published feedback on good and poor quality applications under the existing cryptoasset anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime (Feedback). The Feedback identified that out of 347 applications from crypto firms received by the FCA since January 2020, only 47 appli...

/crypto /crime Cryptocurrency Insights

Binh Dang

Binh Dang Marketing Executive at smartKYC

Integration and Implications of Natural Language Processing in KYC Procedures

In recent years, Know Your Customer (KYC) processes have become increasingly critical for financial institutions and other regulated entities to mitigate risks associated with money laundering, fraud, and terrorism financing. However, traditional KYC methods are often time-consuming, manual, and prone to errors The emergence of Natural Language Pr...

/ai /crime RegTech

Brittany Allen

Brittany Allen Trust & Safety Architect at Sift

Tackling the Surge in Refund Fraud: A Growing Concern for E-commerce Merchants

Walking the floor at the recent Merchant Risk Council (MRC) annual Las Vegas conference, I was struck by how often one particular topic kept coming up in my conversations with merchants across different verticals and sizes: refund fraud. Industry leaders and practitioners are seeing rampant refund abuse, representing a significant source of financ...

/identity /crime

Nick Green

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

Optimism returns to Fintech: How firms can support growth with the right data

The fintech industry has faced major hurdles due to economic ups and downs and changing regulations. This has forced fintechs to rethink their rapid growth plans. Unbridled expansion is no longer viable. Now, fintechs must prioritise sustainable and profitable growth over the long term. As a major contributor to the economy, the UK fintech sector ...

/retail /crime Fintech

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Uniting Forces: A Holistic Approach to Financial Crime

Financial institutions face increasing challenges in combating financial crime. While technology has significantly advanced (e.g. thanks to AI), the methods employed by criminals have also evolved, becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. One of the crucial challenges in this battle is the siloed approach to detecting and combating financ...

/regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime

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