Tag: know-your-regulator
25 posts · know-your-regulator
On 24 February 2023 the FATF announced that Morocco was no longer subject to its increased monitoring process, the list often called the "grey list". The FATF said Morocco had met its action-plan commitments on the deficiencies identified in February 2021:…
Two UAE financial free zones have their own financial regulators: the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), supervised by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), supervised by the Financial Services Regulatory…
In Qatar, the deadline for a suspicious transaction report (STR) depends on what you suspect. There are two time limits, and the first decision an MLRO makes is which one applies.
Saudi Arabia's fintech count has been running ahead of its targets. As reported by the Saudi Press Agency in October 2024, the Vice Minister of Finance said the number of fintech companies had reached 224 by the end of the second quarter of 2024, against a…
Mauritius's 2026 AML reform is not a new stand-alone law. Its full name is the Anti-Money Laundering, Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026, Act No. 3 of 2026. It is an amending Act.…
A working session with your compliance team, then a walkthrough against your own risk appetite: the lifecycle end to end, scoring weights set to your policy, and a review of the audit trail the system produces.
