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Who regulates me? This blog updates an earlier version in which we list the relevant supervisory and regulatory bodies responsible for ensuring the UK's anti-money laundering regulations are upheld. Find out who regulates your industry.
As we enter 2020, with the newly established 5MLD threatening to straighten out anti money laundering controls in the EU and UK, we are confronted with yet more headlines crying corruption.
Julian Dixon
January 6, 2020
How does The Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) affect prepaid cards?
It is not long now until the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) becomes the anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) supervisor of UK cryptoasset businesses.
We’re just weeks away from the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) being implemented into national law on 10 January 2020.
In today’s blog, I will talk about two further observations made that can have costly consequences for businesses.
Sanctions breaches are a tough lesson. They can cost you thousands (even millions), destroy hard-earned reputations and possibly land you in prison.
Trade compliance means operating within the many global regulations that surround trading activities and the import and export of products, services and technology.
Facebook is creating its own currency. A global cryptocurrency called Libra.
The Economic Crime Plan was a key theme in this week’s speech from Solicitor General at Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime 2019.
We are pleased to announce that Napier has partnered with Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure ...
Money laundering in the UK is out of control. An estimated £100bn plus flows through the UK each year.
Whatever relationship you’re in, it can take time to get to know someone very well. More importantly, attitudes and behaviours can change over time.
Last month’s Board Adviser appointment of compliance heavyweight, Mike Melia, brings a whole new strength to our team.
The global sanctions landscape is currently seeing two key trends: the use of targeted sanctions to achieve geopolitical goals ...
If you’re plagued with the problem of high levels of false positives, you’ll know they are a big and costly problem.
In its 2017/18 annual report, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) claims it is currently investigating around 75 firms and individuals for AML issue ...
The anonymous haven that cryptocurrencies offer has long been known to criminals and terrorists.
The financial regulatory landscape for businesses at risk of being involved in money laundering or terrorist financing is one that’s changing on an increasingly rapid basis.
Time is of the essence, especially when it comes to the fight against money laundering.
How do you detect unethical activities with a complex supply chain and silent workforce? The answer lies in automatic screening.
There’s no single anti-money laundering (AML) strategy that’ll protect your organisation from criminals and terrorists. The level of sophistication they use to launder money is frightening. 
There has been talk for a long time about the potential for abuse of a system that allows firms to easily secure a defence against money laundering charges.