Financial Crime Regulation: Part 1 - Virtual Currencies - Opinion on Financial Crime Risks in the European Union

After a short hiatus, Sam and Marie return and kick off 2021 with a detailed review of the European Banking Authority's Opinion on the Financial Crime Risks facing financial services businesses in the EU. Looking at the updated to the EBA's findings first published in 2019, Sam and Marie explain the methodology applied in assessing various financial crime risks and the measures the EBA proposes will help to mitigate them. Part 1 of this series looks at the EBA's assessment of the Cryptocurrency sector - and which types of businesses are thought to have the greatest financial crime risks when dealing with both virtual currency providers, and the virtual asset service providers. 

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This podcast was inspired by the evolving Covid-19 restrictions and how it has impacted compliance professionals working in financial crime prevention. Reaching out to individuals across the globe, hosts Samantha Sheen and Marie Lundberg look at how people are adjusting to remote working from home while still keeping up efforts to detect, prevent and disrupt financial crime. The topics covered range from governance, KYC, transaction monitoring to cyber security and accountability.Taking a plain speaking approach, Marie and Sam analyse notable cases involving financial crime, epic “compliance fails” and lessons learnt along the way. And to help fellow compliance professionals keep on top of their CPD, case studies with illustrative slides are also included – a bit like story time for adults – so enjoy.