02/25/2020
Tax data sharing sparks arrests among Israelis with unreported foreign bank accounts
The arrest warrant indicates that Gecht did not report the accounts and the profits accumulated in them.
Legal, Regulation & Compliance
02/25/2020
FCA admits data breach
The FCA said: "As soon as we became aware of this, we removed the relevant data from our website.
02/25/2020
Global Biglaw Firm To Launch Worldwide Cannabis Law Practice
DLA Piper has also been advising on the changing regulatory environment across the globe, helping clients understand different legislative regimes by providing a regulatory snapshot of the changing landscape.
02/25/2020
How CCO Reasonable Prevention Procedures Can Help You Mitigate DAC6 Penalties
DAC6 non-compliance by itself will not necessarily increase the likelihood of a CCO investigation.
02/24/2020
Nation’s UK assets at risk of being seized over lawsuit
The dispute stems from Taipei’s efforts to regain the illegal gains of an arms dealer from accounts that a firm also filed a claim over
02/24/2020
Complacency Finally Challenged - Gary Dugan
Equities finally fall as the COVID-19 spreads beyond Asia Policymakers remain unsure about the impact on the global economy Conventional policies can only mitigate the worst effects on activity We expect a prolonged disruption to the global economy and ma
02/24/2020
UBO registers in the Netherlands and Luxembourg: an update
Now that the UBO register is live in Luxembourg, it has allowed the general public and other interested parties like bankers, lawyers and notaries to see how it works in practice.
02/24/2020
Why enforcement authorities favour Account Freezing Orders
There is also anecdotal evidence that the NCA has been able to obtain such orders based on historic internet articles alleging wrongdoing by an account holder’s relative.
02/24/2020
Nikolay Storonsky’s Revolut freezes accounts in money-laundering bungle
Digital bank says sorry after wrongly suspecting customer
02/24/2020
Compliance lessons from Julius Baer’s ‘serious AML failings’
The shortcomings were uncovered by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
02/24/2020
British digital bank serves clients shunned by established lenders
Koppel’s lender Monese joined them, expanding to 31 nations in Europe with two million customers in only five years of operation.
02/24/2020
Britain prepares to reimpose sanctions on Grace Mugabe after Brexit
It comes months after the death of former Zimbabwean president Mr Mugabe at the age of 95.
02/24/2020
US and EU meet to discuss impact of Fatca
Following a letter from the bloc about concerns over how the legislation affects Europeans
02/24/2020
Global Anti-Corruption Programme
This Prosperity Fund programme promotes increased global prosperity and inclusive sustainable growth by working against corruption.
02/24/2020
HMRC sets up secret unit to target wealthy families on IHT
It will be concerned that family investment companies are taxed too leniently and that huge amounts of wealth might be held through them.
02/24/2020
Monterey confirms Mourant has dominated the legal funds sector for 20 years
The annual Monterey Report is based upon the Jersey Financial Services Commission's list of regulated schemes as at 30 June 2019.
02/23/2020
Spain proposes 3% digital services tax
Spain will adopt any internationally agreed legislation
02/23/2020
HMT/DCMS consultation on expanding the dormant assets scheme
The government is proud of the UK scheme’s operation: our model is seen as an international example of how to successfully use dormant assets for social good, with leadership provided from industry.
02/21/2020
ICO consults on draft AI auditing framework guidance for organisations
The ICO supports innovation and understands the benefits AI can bring as well as the risks. We want to engage, educate and influence those innovating to ensure data protection can be built in to AI systems in practice.
02/21/2020
Why big UK and European banks are struggling to grow returns
Sky's Ian King says the UK bank reporting season has thrown up some common challenges for the country's biggest lenders.