Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
Upping Your Game: Continuous Monitoring with AI
Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: Roundtable on The Future of Financial Crime Prevention
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 50 - Hidden in Plain Sight: How Kleptocrats Exploit U.S. Financial Systems
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
Episode 343 -- TD Bank Agrees to Pay Over $3 Billion for Systemic Violations of Bank Secrecy Act and Money Laundering Violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
Business Better Podcast Episode: FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Regulations to Strengthen and Modernize AML/CFT Compliance Programs
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Companies and the Corporate Transparency Act
Examining FinCEN FAQs, Proposed Legislation and Other CTA Developments
Practical Lessons Learned Regarding the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering for Financial Institutions - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Analyzing the Treasury's Illicit Finance Risk Assessment of Decentralized Finance - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
A warm welcome to the Summer edition of Conyers Coverage. The whirlwind that is the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry continues to blow with gusto! To keep you updated on recent developments, we include various items from...more
The tension among regulators between the push for increased transparency and the need to protect individual privacy is always apparent in asset searching exercises. This tension is a global phenomenon, central to the ongoing...more
On February 21, 2025, Dubai-based Bybit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a massive security breach, resulting in the loss of approximately $1.5 billion in Ethereum (ETH). The incident, which is...more
On January 28, 2025, FINRA issued its 2025 Annual Regulatory Oversight Report, providing a detailed look into FINRA’s current regulatory oversight of member firms and their registered personnel....more
On 5 December 2024 the UK's Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2024 came into force. The UK Regulations are made under the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 ("SAMLA") and make...more
On May 29, 1453 the walls of Constantinople had stood unbreached for more than a thousand years. Yet on that day, the army of Sultan Mehmed II was able to force entry into the city through the Gate of St. Romanus. The...more
While ransomware attacks usually grab the headlines, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to cause massive financial losses for businesses. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reported BEC losses in...more
New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) recently announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase, Inc., one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (“BSA/AML”)...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has made clear that businesses engaging in certain activities involving virtual currencies are subject to registration,...more
Ransomware attacks are frequent and escalating as we speak. Double extortion scams are hitting companies at a dizzying pace, and catching companies, large and small, off-guard. U.S. President Joseph Biden warned Russian...more
Takeaways - Boards need to take an active role overseeing cybersecurity measures. - Directors may be held personally responsible for lapses that result in attacks. - U.S. money laundering and sanctions rules may prohibit...more
VIDEO: Cryptocurrency - Legitimate Uses and Potential Issues - Following the recent publication of the U.S. Attorney General's cryptocurrency enforcement framework, Spilman attorneys Corey Bonasso and Nick Mooney discuss...more
FINRA held its bi-annual Cybersecurity Conference in January and recently published five take-away real-world experiences from the conference...more
There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more
Last week, FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) issued a formal Advisory to Financial Institutions and published FAQs outlining specific cybersecurity events that should be reported through Suspicious Activity...more
BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more