Partners in finCrime: Recent Episodes
Partners in finCrime
In this podcast series, Evan McGookin (Senior Manager in fscom) and Chris Vaughan (Senior Associate in fscom) partner up to talk all things anti-financial crime - deep diving into cutting edge stories as well as other underrepresented topics and what these mean for the MLRO practitioner in their day-to-day role.
In this episode, Evan and Richard take a common finding from fscom's Fincrime Compliance Report 2024, to consider customer risk assessment from the regulatory and legislative perspective, as well as how to practically implement an effective approach to customer risk assessment.
In this episode, Evan and Richard discuss the January 2024 amendment to the MLRs relating to Politically Exposed Persons, as well as the FCA's recent proposed changes to it's Financial Crime Guide in relation to PEPs.
In this episode, Evan and Richard discuss the FCA's recent publication of an industry consultation which proposes updates to it's Financial Crime Guide in relation to sanctions, proliferation financing and transaction monitoring, as well as cryptoassets and the Consumer Duty.
In the latest episode of the ‘Partners in FinCrime’ podcast, Evan and Richard discuss the Payments Systems Regulator’s incoming FPS reimbursement requirements as well as what it means for firms.
In this episode, the Partners in finCrime are joined by guest, fscom Senior Manager Anna Sweeney to discuss her recent blog on the FCA article on reducing and preventing financial crime.
In this episode, Evan McGookin welcomes the new member of the Partners in finCrime duo, Manager Richard Dunlop. In this episode, they look back at 2023 to discuss fscom's Fincrime Compliance Report and make predictions for the year ahead.
In this episode, the Partners in finCrime wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and make a special announcement leading into 2024. Evan and Chris also discuss recent updates to HM Treasury's List of High Risk Third Countries and an amendment to MLRs 2017 Reg. 35, relating to the treatment of Domestic PEPs.
In this episode, Evan and Chris discuss Binance Holdings Limited and its recent agreement to pay over $4 billion to resolve an investigation by US authorities into historic compliance failings, as well as what this means for the wider cryptoasset industry.
In this episode, Evan and Chris are welcomed by a special guest James Nurse (Managing Director of Fintrail) to discuss OFSI's publication of a Disclosure Notice concerning Wise Payments Limited, as well as the key findings from the FCA's recent assessment of the sanctions systems and controls implemented by UK financial services firms.
In this episode, Evan and Chris discuss FINMA's recent report on the state of money laundering risk analysis at Swiss Banks and what best practice looks like for AML / CTF Business Wide Risk Assessments
In this episode, Evan and Chris are welcomed by a special guest Jason McKinney (UK MLRO at Airwallex), to discuss the incoming amendment to the UK MLRs 2017 which implements the travel rule for cryptoasset transfers in the United Kingdom.
Listen to this episode where Evan McGookin and Chris Vaughan discuss Politically Exposed Persons and how Banks and Financial Institutions should treat them, as well as recent media coverage of the ongoing dispute between Nigel Farage and Coutts Bank.
Listen to this episode where Evan McGookin and Chris Vaughan discuss SEC vs Ripple Labs, Binance and Coinbase.
Listen to this episode where, Evan McGookin and Chris Vaughan discuss MiCA, the markets in Crypto regulation recently approved by the European Union.
In this episode, the Partners in Fincrime welcome guest Ray Blake, part of the Dark Money Files duo, to discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on financial crime and anti-financial crime.
The Partners in finCrime discuss the recent downfall of SVB, Signature Bank and Credit Suisse, as well as what this means for auditors and the wider FinTech landscape, before moving on to recent US / EU enforcement against ChipMixer.
In this episode, the Partners in finCrime cover recent FATF grey list, CPI and Basel AML Index updates, country risk assessments in general, the EU's upcoming AMLA authority, and FCA enforcement in Leeds.
In this episode, the Partners in Fincrime welcome guest Tony Brown from IFX Payments as they discuss recent enforcement action involving Coinbase and Al Rayan Bank, and the recent change to the threshold amount for DAML SARs specified in PoCA 2002.
In the December episode of Partners in finCrime, Evan McGookin and Chris Vaughan will touch on a number of topics including the European Court of Justice's recent decision on the legality of public UBO registers, the recent financial penalties against Santander for AML failings and the situation surrounding the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
In the pilot episode of Partners in finCrime, Evan McGookin and Chris Vaughan discuss the top 5 findings from fscom's recently published Financial Crime Compliance Report 2022, delving into the report and pulling out and breaking down the key areas of challenge facing financial services firms and the best practice steps (one being to step into the role of the money launderer!) to mitigate these areas of risk, from their industry experience.