Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper August 11, 2023 Navigating sanctions compliance through the transition to ISO 20022 The International Organisation for Standardisation’s (ISO) new global messaging standard, ISO 20022, is set to be adopted by payment processing organisations globally by 2025. Flash Report May 4, 2020 Treasury Department Continues to Issue Guidelines for Small Business Paycheck Protection Program The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers a lifeline to small businesses and sole proprietors (generally those with 500 or fewer employees) in the form of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This programme initially authorized $349 billion in… Flash Report June 8, 2023 U.S. Banking Regulators Finalise (Finally) Revised Third-Party Risk Management Guidance On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) issued the “Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management.”[1] This marks the long-awaited finalisation of the proposed guidance that was initially issued on July 19,… Flash Report February 28, 2025 EU Omnibus Proposals May Substantially Scale Down CSRD Reporting Obligations On 25 February, 2025 the European Commission released a package of proposals (“omnibus package”) aimed at significantly scaling down several sustainability regulations in Europe that are either in effect already or about to take effect. This is a fulfilment of commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s vow last year to reduce reporting burden for businesses by 25% (35% for small and medium… Whitepaper April 29, 2022 A crisis upon a crisis: Human trafficking of Ukrainian refugees The Ukrainian refugee crisis More than 5 million refugees – greater than 10% of the country’s population – have fled from Ukraine in the two months since the Russian invasion, about 90% are women and children. The number of refugees already rank the Ukrainian refugee crisis among the top five refugee crises in recent times, and there is no indication that the migration is ending. The… Whitepaper March 28, 2022 Risky Business: The Sanctions Challenges of Trade Finance As governments across the globe, including the EU, US, Canada, UK, Japan, Singapore and more, have imposed sanctions on Russia, with promises of additional action if Russia persists with its war on Ukraine, financial institutions and their customers are forced to review their trade and commodities transactions involving Russia to assess their legal and reputation risk. These reviews are… Whitepaper March 22, 2022 More Than Just Sanctions: How Financial Institutions Are Impacted by the Russian-Belarussian Sanctions Financial institutions face significant legal, regulatory, operational and reputation risks related to their implementation of the Russian-Belarussian sanctions and the world events that have led to these sanctions. These risks have implications across the financial crime compliance programme and, more broadly, the entire organisation. Not all financial institutions will face the same challenges… Whitepaper August 1, 2022 Sanctions enforcement: A new era U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has called sanctions “the new FCPA.” [1] The EU has issued a proposal that would make sanctions evasion an EU crime [2] . The U.K.’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) is under pressure from key global partners to step up its enforcement activity [3]. These developments are just a few of the signs that the national… Newsletter June 19, 2025 CFO Insights This month, explore what’s top of mind for finance leaders—from smarter cost optimisation strategies to real-world FP&A transformation. Don’t forget to take the 2025 Finance Trends Survey and help shape the future of finance. Flash Report December 1, 2015 Crisi Bancarie e Fondo di Risoluzione Unico: facciamo chiarezza! I D. Lgs n° 180 e n° 181, pubblicati sulla G.U. il 16 novembre 2015, attuano la Direttiva BRRD (Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive), che istituisce un quadro di risanamento e risoluzione degli enti creditizi e delle imprese di investimento. Tale Direttiva fa parte di un insieme di norme che istituisce il Meccanismo di risoluzione unico per i Paesi dell'Eurozona (il Regolamento SRM). Questo… Load More