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Snowfall Measurements at Wind-exposed and Sheltered Sites in the Rocky Mountains of Southeastern Wyoming
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Deadline looming for financial services firms to demonstrate operational resilience
31st March 2022 represents an important regulatory deadline for financial services firms in the UK. Last March, the Bank of England and FCA released their Operational Resilience Policy Statement. It requires that, by this date, UK financial services companies must have demonstrated that they have identified their important business services, and any vulnerabilities in their operational resilience.
How to strengthen your supply chain security to comply with new PRA regulation
Banks are on high alert for cyber attacks. The European Central Bank recently told them to prepare for possible Russian-sponsored cyber attacks as tensions with Ukraine increase. This follows a surge in ransomware attacks on banks, which rose 1,318% year on year in the first half of 2021, according to a report by Trend Micro.
Biometrics: 2022 is the year of facial verification
Biometric technology has only been taken seriously by many in financial services since the start of the pandemic, which made the remote onboarding of customers a necessity. Biometrics is already proving itself to be an important identity verification option for financial institutions, particularly as technology continues to evolve in this area. Increase in fraud Biometrics is becoming increasingly vital in the digital age as growing online engagement has led to a corresponding surge in fraud.
5 Steps to Managing Sanctions Risk in a Rapidly Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Geopolitical tensions such as at the Russian-Ukrainian border have thrown sanctions risk management challenges into the spotlight in recent months. Foreign policy responses to crises of this kind usually involve a fresh package of sanctions requirements. Sanctions risk management is going to become ever more complicated, as the world takes a step back from political globalisation, and the fines for breaches of sanctions rules are not getting any smaller.
When only a cheque will do…
When compact discs were first released in the 1980’s, people were amazed at the thought of digital music and it took some years for music listeners to think about replacing their vinyl records with CD’s. However, with the vinyl record consigned to history, step forward to today and over a fifth of all albums purchased in the UK is now vinyl. Research shows that the main driving force behind this vinyl revival is actually millennial and Gen Z consumers.
Who would benefit from the legalisation of crypto, other than miners?
It seems that the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation have managed to overcome the crisis known in psychology as the Kübler-Ross model. It describes five stages of dealing with a crisis situation, beginning with denial and continuing with anger, bargaining, depression, and, finally, acceptance. Apparently, this is what happened with cryptocurrency in Russia.
The Pandora Papers underline the importance of PEP checks
The recent release of the Pandora Papers has shone a light on the sometimes unethical or corrupt practises of the politically connected and the super-rich. For those in financial services the Papers highlight the importance of having access to politically exposed persons (PEPs) data as part of their anti-money laundering (AML) checks.
The Top 5 Transaction Monitoring Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Transaction monitoring is a fundamental part of detecting and preventing your business from being used to facilitate financial crime and terrorism financing. Regulators are increasing their scrutiny on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) control frameworks and the fines issued for failings are increasing year on year. Transaction monitoring is a fundamental pillar of any good AML control framework, and you cannot afford to get it wrong.
ISO 20022 is coming - How banks can prepare for the new payments messaging standard
ISO 20022 is coming. The new global messaging standard for payments systems is generally agreed to be a good thing for the banking industry – the Bank of England’s consultation on the plans showed respondents were “largely supportive”. Indeed, as the UK’s central bank notes, ISO 20022 is designed to create a globally consistent financial messaging standard for payments – both retail and commercial, something that will help drive frictionless payments.
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