The Latest from FATF and a US Senate Committee Report
The FATF June Plenary has ended, and the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs of the US Senate issued a report on intelligence failures before January 6, 2021. John and Elliot discuss some of the ...
30 Jun 202312min
Partnering To Fight Human Trafficking
The US Department of State has issued its 2023 Trafficking in Persons report. The theme of this year’s report is partnerships. John and Elliot discuss key elements of the report and its value to the f...
23 Jun 202313min
New Guidance for Third-Party Risk Management – a Conversation with Terry Pesce
John Byrne and Terry Pesce discuss the recent Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management. They look at the implications of the guidance and what banks should do to assess their...
22 Jun 202323min
New Guidance For Third - Party Risk Management
US bank regulators have issued interagency guidance on third-party risk management. The new pronouncement combines and updates past guidance issued by the individual agencies. John and Elliot discuss ...
16 Jun 202314min
Are Sanctions Really Effective?
There have been several recent articles about the effectiveness of US sanctions. John and Elliot examine this issue and discuss where the programs have succeeded or failed to achieve their stated goal...
9 Jun 202313min
The Panama Papers – Where Are We Seven Years Later?
Seven years ago, the Panama Papers were published. Recent statistics show that registrations of anonymous corporations in Panama have dropped by more than 50% in the past ten years. John and Elliot di...
2 Jun 202310min
A Conversation with Jonathan Fishman
Jonathan Fishman, one of the authors of the 2023 Treasury Department’s De-risking Strategy, discusses the various recommendations and the rationale for some of the words used to describe the problem a...
31 Mai 202337min
Disrupting Fraud – Stopping the Flow of Funds
US law enforcement agencies recently completed a three-month campaign to disrupt frauds perpetrated by foreign actors. John and Elliot discuss the campaign’s details, why it is essential, and what fin...
26 Mai 202310min
