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As Syria enters its 10th year of civil conflict, the economy is in tatters, foreign currency is in short supply, and sanctions have not only been renewed, the USA has introduced new secondary sanctions. Illicit crime and sanctions busting abounds.

In May (2020), the USA issued further guidance on Syria, while the European Union (EU) extended its sanctions on Syria for a further year, to 1 June 2021.…

THE UK’s overseas territories are struggling with something of an existential crisis, as they face an effective 2023 deadline for introducing publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers that could undermine their ability to offer confidential financial services to companies and wealthy individuals.…

Comprised of a dry shampoo, deodorant, face moisturiser, lip balm, and more recently, body lotion, the line is sold only in North America and available in gym or travel sizes.  “For over 20 years, lululemon has been focused on solving athletes’ needs.…

Malaysia’s digital textile printing industry and market is growing at a steadfast pace, with local demand driven by regional designers and fashion brands, particularly when producing Islamic wear, such as scarfs and shawls.

However, the industry faces challenges securing enough orders to fully utilise its capacity.…

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A series of reports from WTiN is exploring the need for the textile and clothing sector to protect itself against attacks from cybercriminals as it invests in new transformative Industry 4.0 technologies – extended reality, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.…

The suspension for alleged corruption by senior officials at a financial intelligence unit (FIU), the cornerstone of any jurisdiction’s AML work, would be shocking. But if those suspensions were at the FIU of the world’s only purely theocratic state, such reports would sound like the work of thriller fiction.…

‘Explainability’ is becoming the watchword for AML solutions based on artificial intelligence (AI), with developers increasingly aware they must convince regulators their systems’ decisions are reliable and unbiased. The result has been manufacturer clams about the traceability of system decisions, according to a white paper produced in July last year by London, UK-based fin-tech industry network FinTech FinCrime Exchange and the London-based screening and compliance solution company Regulatory DataCorp Inc (RDC) – see https://rdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AI-and-FinTech-FFE-RDC-Report.pdf.…

NEW fraud detection solutions based on a “centralised management platform across all lines of business” are being made more feasible by new financial industry customer authentication standards, research indicates. These allow a consortia of organisations’ data (or data from previously siloed wings of one major institution) to be pooled, allowing bulk analysis of big data, helping update algorithms, encouraging anti-fraud system vendors to offer cross-functional services as clients seek to consolidate contracts and end silo-based approaches to counter-fraud activities, industry insiders predict.…

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A series of reports from WTiN is exploring the need for the textile and clothing sector to protect itself against attacks from cybercriminals as it invests in new transformative Industry 4.0 technologies – extended reality, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.…

Joe O’Regan is a busy man, and busier than ever because of Covid-19, the novel coronavirus that has upended global life on an unprecedented scale.

“These past few weeks have been a complete game changer for all of us,” says O’Regan, FCCA, the director of Harvard University’s Global Support Services (GSS), a relatively new organisation within the university that supports students, faculty, and staff overseas — from responding to overseas emergencies to repatriating university affiliates in times of crisis.…