Stranger on the Shor
We take a dive into Russian sanctions' evasion through the obscurely named A7 company jointly owned by Ilan Shor (of Moldovan Banking Scandal fame) and PSB Bank (formerly Promsvyazbank). And it's quit...
9 Okt 30min
CH...CH...CHanges
We look at how the recent implementation of identity verification either direct or through an Authorised Company Service Provider (ACSP) at Companies House, might have changed the landscape of incorpo...
22 Sep 21min
A wealth of information
In this episode we couldn't resist a deep dive into the recent UBS fine by four (yes, four) US regulators and what that means for anyone working in the Financial Crime Compliance space Send us Fan Mai...
11 Aug 27min
Partners in crime
In a slightly longer than normal episode we do a deep dive into partnerships of various flavours and how the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act is going to change things. Partnerships are n...
7 Jul 30min
Document or detect?
We take a look at the effect of human behaviour on our ability to stop criminals gaining access to the financial system and why that system is more likely to produce comprehensive documents than effec...
9 Jun 15min
The verification game
We look at the role of Authorised Corporate Service Providers (ACSPs) in the new regime at Companies House and explain why understanding both its strengths and weaknesses is important to anyone respon...
13 Mai 26min
Is Companies House an economic bellwether?
One for the geeks! Changes in company formation levels are often use to justify/criticise different governments' economic policies. We go behind the headline figures to see if this is justified or no...
15 Apr 19min
Happy birthday OFSI
Ten years after the creation of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, we look at how the UK sanctions regime has evolved—from early uncertainty to strict liability enforcement, sanctions l...
10 Mar 21min
