International stock investment gets safer with Vested Finance as IFSCA grants it GAP license; Know what it means for Indian investorsVested Finance has transitioned to the IFSCA GAP framework, enabling Indian investors to access US stocks through GIFT City. This move intr...
What are Money mule accounts? Australia’s financial intelligence regulator targets financial crime vulnerabilities in foreign-owned banksAustralia's financial intelligence unit, AUSTRAC, has uncovered significant control and reporting issues within foreign-owned banks. Review...
AUSTRAC flags financial crime risks in foreign-owned banks over low AML reporting and money mule activityAustralia's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has flagged serious concerns regarding foreign banks. Weaknesses in controls and low re...
India’s ‘thin-file’ SMEs need smarter risk models, not more paperwork: Rubix Data Sciences’ Mohan RamaswamyAlternative data and benchmarking are helping lenders assess companies with limited disclosures, says Mohan Ramaswamy, Founder and CEO, Rub...
Sebi launches certification course on AML, CFT provisions to benefit securities mkt intermediariesSebi on Monday said it has launched a certification course to foster knowledge about the concepts of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combat...
RBI penalties up 88% in 3 yrs; KYC, AML top listThe number of penalties imposed by the Reserve Bank of India on financial institutions grew 88% in the past three years with Know Your Cust...
Recession fears highest since 2009: BofAML surveyAmong global fund managers that BofAML surveyed, 38 per cent think a recession is likely in the next 12 months.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees a possibility of 50-bps rate cut in October meetBofAML said lower yields or lending rates hold key to growth bottoming out by early 2020.
BofAML says RBI has $43 billion in excess reservesBofAML’s note comes as the panel led by former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan prepares to submit its report in the coming weeks.
Sun Pharma transfers local business from AML to new subsidiaryThis action will have no material impact on the profit or loss for FY19.
Why Sun Pharma is under a cloud: Decoding Aditya Medisales linkA purported whistleblower letter has highlighted Sun Pharma's dealings with subsidiary AML.
FY17 GDP to grow at 6.9 per cent, will recover to 7.2 per cent in FY18: BofAMLLooking ahead, we expect growth to end 2016-17 at 6.9 per cent and recover to 7.2 per cent in 2017-18, partly on base effects of the ongoin...
SBI, BoB and other PSBs creating anti-money laundering framework for overseas branchesWhile the priority is to have AML framework in place in Europe and US, it is also being created in Dubai, South Africa, Mauritius and Singa...
Money laundering, terror finance in focus at Dubai conferenceThe group recommended that financial institutions should develop a compliance programme to meet AML laws and monitor every payment to count...
RBI may hike rate; inflation could ease in H2 of 2014: BofAMLSince taking over in early September, Governor Raghuram Rajan has hiked rates twice with an eye on inflation, which quickened to 7 per cent...
- Gemini surged unaware of BoAML's FCCB conversion denial
Bank of America Merrill Lynch issued a clarification to the exchanges on Nov 2 that it had not converted the FCCBs issued by Gemini Communi...
- More improvement required in FIs' AML systems: Survey
Although financial institutions in India have covered a large ground in anti-money laundering compliance, still significant investments and...