Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
Contributing Editor
Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
During our time investigating FCPA violations for the FBI and the DOJ, we learned money launderers embrace innovation quickly for the simple objective of self-preservation. Their leveraging of cryptocurrency has accelerated the risk and compliance challenges to organizations around the globe.… Continue Reading
Let me bring you up to speed if you missed the news. There is a Pompeii-grade meltdown happening in the cryptocurrency world.… Continue Reading
One of the astounding facts to emerge from the crypto crash — aside from $200 billion in losses during one 24-hour period last week and overall losses of more than $1 trillion so far — is that before the crash, investors had more than 15,000 cryptocurrencies to pick from.… Continue Reading
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and current PM Benjamin Netanyahu believe that blockchain is a potentially a game-changing technology. They expect it to disrupt big sectors of the economy — healthcare, banking, insurance, and cybersecurity among them.… Continue Reading
Since 2014, the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates — have been weaving Shariah-compliant blockchain technology and bitcoin into their existing financial and legal infrastructure, while transforming them all at the same time.… Continue Reading
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has joined the global regulatory initiatives to combat transnational crypto-crimes by updating its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT) cross-border risk guidelines for cryptocurrencies, initially published in 2015. … Continue Reading
It’s increasingly important to understand the way disruptive technologies such as blockchain, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, and big data are already impacting and will continue to shape how compliance systems work.
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is holding a two-day seminar on this topic for professionals and others from September 20 to 21 at our Laxenburg/Vienna campus.… Continue Reading
Financial regulators are beginning to work together to counter what they perceive as cross-border threats posed by blockchain — including money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, tax avoidance, and evasion of capital controls.… Continue Reading
Email from the SEC these days carries an ad banner for the HoweyCoins Travel Network. It’s pitching a not-to-be-missed Pre-Initial Coin Offering deal.
The click-through site at HoweyCoins.com says anticipated returns are over 1 percent daily, with double 2 percent returns for pre-ICO stage secured purchases.… Continue Reading
The news earlier this month that Google was to follow Facebook and ban all ads for cryptocurrencies wasn’t entirely unexpected. However, it did say much about the way such innovative technology is being misused.… Continue Reading
