Financial Crime Regulation: Part 2 - FinTechs and Terrorist Financing- Opinion on Financial Crime Risks in the European Union

Continuing with a detailed review of the European Banking Authority's Opinion on the Financial Crime Risks facing financial services businesses in the EU, Sam and Marie discuss how FinTechs are still considered to pose an elevated financial crime risks in the EU, concerns around the use of remote onboarding and other RegTech and why the terrorist financing risks are not seen to have changed since 2019 and what's needed to address it. Sam and Marie also take a quick peak at what the newly revised Risk Factor Guidelines require when it comes to addressing terrorist financing, and its possible impact on existing financial crime compliance programs.