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Expert analysis on compliance, AML, and financial regulation.
How is artificial intelligence a challenge to GDPR?
ComplianceGDPR

How is artificial intelligence a challenge to GDPR?

What challenges does artificial intelligence pose to GDPR? Dive into the recent issues with ChatGPT, the dilemmas of EU DPAs, and ways that AI can become GDPR compliant.

12114127 June 2023
How are ESG-related assets used for greenwashing?
ComplianceFinancial firms

How are ESG-related assets used for greenwashing?

How are ESG assets misused for greenwashing? Learn what is greenwashing, how accusations affect companies, how fund managers greenwash ESG assets, and a lot more.

11136227 April 2023
What are the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directives?
ComplianceAMLPremium

What are the EU's Anti-Money Laundering Directives?

What are the main EU directives related to money laundering and terrorist financing? This article explains the characteristics and history of the six EU AML directives.

16336815 March 2023
The effectiveness of financial sanctions and embargos
ComplianceRussia

The effectiveness of financial sanctions and embargos

Are financial sanctions and embargoes effective in deterring rogue states? Learn the history of sanctions, the pros and cons, and failures and successes

11076628 February 2023
What are worldwide AML regulations for cryptocurrency ?
RiskCompliance

What are worldwide AML regulations for cryptocurrency ?

What are AML regulations concerning the cryptocurrency sector? Learn about why we need regulations, who is concerned, and examples of cryptolaundering

12581615 February 2023
What is the impact of the EU whistleblowing legislation?
ComplianceData Security

What is the impact of the EU whistleblowing legislation?

What impact did the EU's 2019 directive on whistleblowing have? Learn the legal repercussion of a leak, how entities are impacted, and what the status is in Belgium

7087923 January 2023
The hidden costs of golden visas
KYCAML

The hidden costs of golden visas

What are Golden Visa schemes and how are they used to propagate corruption and money laundering? Learn what the EU is doing to prevent such programs

154191025 November 2022
How is BMR changing the landscape of benchmarks?
ComplianceEuropean Commission

How is BMR changing the landscape of benchmarks?

What is BMR and how is it changing benchmarks? Learn about the end of LIBOR and Eonia, and explore the new benchmarks that will substitute them.

14532620 February 2020
The UBO Register in practice | Belgium
AMLOECD

The UBO Register in practice | Belgium

Is the UBO Register useful during KYC processes? Learn how and why it is important to verify Ultimate Beneficial Owners and the verification process.

28801710 December 2019
Look up company VAT number in Europe
KYCAML

Look up company VAT number in Europe

How do you search for a company VAT number in Europe? Learn about the reasons for looking up a VAT number and all about the VIES online system.

2149529 December 2019
VAT carousel: fiction or truth for financial institutions ?
KYCEuropean Commission

VAT carousel: fiction or truth for financial institutions ?

What is a VAT carousel? Learn what is the retrospective on transactions and how you may be unknowingly involved in a VAT carousel.

1445135 December 2019
The rising cost of regulatory compliance for financial institutions
GovernanceCompliance

The rising cost of regulatory compliance for financial institutions

Why are compliance costs increasing? Learn what compliance costs cover and how they have skyrocketed after the economic crisis.

4955212 December 2019