Blogs

2008-2018: Assessing the Impact of Global AML & Sanctions Fines
Since the financial crisis started in 2008, financial institutions around the world have had to deal with regulation after regulation being introduced to increase transparency and to create a safer, robust and more transparency transparent financial system

Middle East in Focus: A Changing Compliance Landscape
In research soon to be published by Fenergo, it finds that financial institutions across the world have been fined approximately US$26 billion for anti-money laundering and sanctions-related violations over the last 10 years. This research anticipates that

Middle East in Focus: 4 Regional Challenges for KYC/CDD
A primary element of the customer due diligence process is identifying the customer. KYC (Know Your Customer) guidelines are in place to ensure financial institutions can identify beneficial ownership and that they are not being used, intentionally or othe

Middle East in Focus: De-Risking & the Rise of RegTech
In previous blogs in this series, we’ve touched upon a few themes which include the perception of the Middle East as having a “lighter touch” regulatory framework and carrying a “higher risk”. Despite the fact that Middle East regulators are becoming stric