The Laundry

Some pretty shocking statistics surfaced recently from an enquiry by the UK’s Treasury Committee looking into access to finance.Obtaining data from eight UK banks - the committee found that more than ...

28 Maalis 202429min

The Wirecard scandal has become the subject of legend in the financial industry.The German payments company, formerly worth tens of billions of euros, collapsed following the exposure of massive accou...

21 Maalis 202425min

Sweden is the global poster-child of the journey to completely digital transactions – with the number of Swedes using cash falling from 39% in 2010 to just 9% in 2020. But; does a cashless society of...

14 Maalis 202424min

You may have seen the Netflix documentaries, TikTok sagas, or long-read articles about charming con artists using elaborate stories to extract life savings from their victims – using affection to mask...

7 Maalis 202436min

We are witnessing the birth of a new criminal class complicating life for authorities, AML professionals, and law enforcement. In today’s episode, our expert host Fredrik Riiser presents the rise of s...

29 Helmi 202422min

Elon Musk, owner of ‘X’ (or Twitter), has announced plans to turn the social media platform into an app that is the centre of ‘someone’s entire financial life”. But while Musk may be one of the origin...

22 Helmi 202435min

(Episode in Norwegian) I denne spesielle bonus-episoden tar vi for oss en nyhetssak som har dominert flere norske medier den siste tiden – nemlig utfordringene i samarbeidet mellom Økokrim og bankene ...

20 Helmi 202446min

Roses are red, violets are blue. Sanctions are working – or is that statement untrue?With global tensions rising; sanctions have moved from the subjects of industry reports to the topic of presidents,...

15 Helmi 202433min