The Deutsche Bank Story, Part Four: The road to ruing
In this final episode of the Deutsche Bank story we look at the acquisition of Morgan Grenfell and Bankers Trust along with the banks somewhat strange relationship with Donald Trump. We also mention "...
11 Aug 201920min
The Deutsche Bank Story, Part Three: What the FCA found
In this episode we complete our review of Deutsche Bank's inspection by the FCA which led to them being fined £163m (and $425m by the Department of Financial Services - New York). W explain in some de...
6 Aug 201921min
The Deutsche Bank Story, Part Two - The FCA comes to visit
In this second part of our in-depth review of the recent travails at Deutsche Bank we talk about the background to the Systematic AML Programme (SAMLP) visit by the FCA, the LIBOR fine which preceded...
28 Jul 201921min
The Deutsche Bank Story: Part One - The Mirror Trades
Given its refusal to stay out of the news, we thought it was about time to turn our attention to Deutsche Bank. In an extended set of episodes we are going to examine in detail exactly what, in our op...
21 Jul 201925min
Extraordinary Danske developments and the need to report suspicions
We report on our involvement in recent leaks relating to Danske Bank and the potential criminal charges that can follow a failure to report. External reports commissioned and cancelled, suspicious a...
30 Jun 201925min
Old banks and new technologies - oil and water?
In this episode we start a conversation about FinTech and RegTech (along with a few digressions and diversions along the way). In an abbreviation heavy episode, we talk about face and voice validation...
23 Jun 201922min
Oh what tangled webs we weave!
Following on from our last episode looking at Bitcoin and the Blockchain, this week we look at the surface web, deep web and the dark web, explain what these different terms mean and then delve into t...
16 Jun 201918min
Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptography - Time to look forward
This week, with some trepidation, we embark on an overview of some of the more esoteric elements of financial crime risk management. We attempt to explain the blockchain, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin...
2 Jun 201923min
