Compliance Corner

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Topics

What are the Edinburgh Reforms?

GDPR: An overview

What are BEAR and SEAR?

What is STIFC?

What is the Bank Secrecy Act?

What are the current US ESG regulations?

What are regulatory requirements?

An overview of the Green Finance Institute’s UK Green Taxonomy

An overview of Schrems II

What’s happening with liability driven investment strategies?

Is SMCR actually working?

Operational Resilience in the US: best practices

What is a “critical third party”?

Corporate Criminal Liability: is change on the horizon?

AML Compliance Manual: create an effective strategy against money laundering

What are Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs)? 

What is the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA)?

What is the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures?

What is Buy Now Pay Later and is it regulated?

What are the FCA rules on communication (COBS 4)?

What are Suspicious Transaction and Order Reports?

What is Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais?

Why do financial regulations change?

Operational resilience: what is SS1/21 and how can firms comply?

What is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?

What is Regulation S-K?

What is the Network Information Systems Directive (NIS)?

What is the Digital Operational Resilience Act?

Regulatory compliance in the UK

Emerging regulations for ESG disclosure

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA): what is it?

Cybersecurity regulations: an overview

FINRA Rule 4511: an overview

US Anti Money Laundering Act 2020 (AMLA): an overview

The European Market Infrastructure Regulation: an overview

Basel III: an overview

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): an overview

What is regulatory change management?

The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA): an overview

CCPA compliance (California Consumer Privacy Act): an overview

The Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR): an overview

What are regulatory requirements?

What is AMLD6? Defining, deterring and detecting illicit finance

Know Your Customer (KYC): an overview

Future Regulatory Framework Review: an overview

LIBOR: an overview

Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR): an overview

Horizon scanning for compliance

5AMLD: what does it mean for financial institutions?

Ontology: how does it work for regulatory compliance?

Regulatory intelligence: what does it mean?

Glossary of terms and acronyms
AcronymMeaning
5AMLD5th Anti Money Laundering Directive
6AMLD6th Anti Money Laundering Directive
AIArtificial Intelligence
AMLAnti Money Laundering
APIApplication Program Interface
BOEBank of England
CCPACalifornia Consumer Privacy Act
CFTCCommodities Futures Trading Commission
DOJUS Department of Justice
EBAEuropean Banking Authority
ESGEnvironmental, social and corporate governance
ESMAEuropean Banking Authority
FCAFinancial Conduct Authority
FINRAFinancial Industry Regulatory Authority
FinTechFinancial Technology
FINTRACFinancial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
FRFFuture Regulatory Framework Review
AcronymMeaning
GDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation
HMRCHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs
ICOInformation Commissioner's Office
KYCKnow Your Customer
MARMarket Abuse Regulation
MASMonetary Authority of Singapore
MiFID IIMarkets in Financial Instruments Directive II
MLMachine learning
MLROMoney Laundering Reporting Officer
NLPNatural language processing
OCCOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency
OCIEOffice of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
OSFIOffice of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
PRUPrudential Regulation Authority
RegTechRegulatory Technology
SaaSSoftware as a Service
SECUS Securities and Exchange Commission
SMCRSenior Managers and Certification Regime