As the threat of money laundering and terrorism financing in Australia and New Zealand continues to evolve, maintaining visibility and ensuring you have sufficient information on your customer portfolio is vital.

With recent AML breaches from high profile financial institutions on both sides of the Tasman, regulators are now being far more active in investigating AML…

illion recently hosted an insightful PEP & Sanctions webinar for clients.

Richard Atkinson, illion’s GM Consumer risk and AML, was joined by Nick Parfitt, Head of Market Planning at Acuris, and Neil Marshal, Partner Manager at FinScan – both UK-based organisations.

Here are some of the key questions that were discussed during the presentationThere are really three…

According to The Australian Financial Review, Australian banks were fined a whopping $1.3bn last year – mostly for breaches of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF).

As well as indicating the regulator’s enthusiasm for pursuing violations and doing all that is within its means to curb criminal behaviour, the fines show many reporting entities are…

With regulatory pressure ramping up in Australia, a new partnership between Acuris Risk Intelligence and illion will deliver new opportunities for financial entities to tailor their AML CTF compliance program and avoid reputational risk.

With AUSTRAC’s recent $9m+ penalty enforced against Westpac in Australia, it is now clear that regulators are determined to make sure financial…