
Firms crack down on money mules but need to do more
Financial firms are shutting down hundreds of thousands of suspected money mule accounts, but organised criminal groups are still shifting dirty money through multiple bank

Financial firms are shutting down hundreds of thousands of suspected money mule accounts, but organised criminal groups are still shifting dirty money through multiple bank

In April 2026, the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT) published a second edition Amber Alert (0801-NECC) covering the use of Artificial Intellience (AI) to

Bribery and corruption in the UK may not be as visible as in some parts of the world, but they remain persistent threats to public

The FCA has published findings from its review of how payments firms support consumers in vulnerable circumstances under the Consumer Duty. While the FCA identified

Five hundred new officers to be recruited in a £500 million crackdown on money laundering, as part of the government’s Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery

Britain’s payments overhaul is moving from policy to execution, with the new UK Payments Delivery Company launching an equity raise to finance the development of

Pontes enables wholesale tokenised asset transactions to be settled in central bank money Launch marks first step in implementing the Eurosystem’s strategy for tokenised finance

An FT investigation has uncovered a massive money laundering scam conducted by Kremlin-controlled fintech A7 that tricked international banks into handling billions of dollars in

The UKFIU has been working with the NECC, FCA, and members of the Banking SARs Working Group on a range of initiatives designed to improve

New FCA guidance will help firms understand how the law underpinning the UK’s future cryptoasset regime applies to their business. It also sets out which
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