Dangerous Knowledge Gaps: Why Boards and Managing Directors Must Now Catch Up with Fit & Proper
🚀 Many boards are lulled into a false sense of security.
Once accepted by BaFin as “fit & proper” – and that’s it? Unfortunately, no. With the new Circular 2025, BaFin is tightening the screws significantly....
Tag: financial regulation
📉 Capital Market Compliance Without Pitfalls: 5 Common Mistakes – and How to Avoid Them
Capital market compliance is not a static set of rules but a dynamic playing field. With each new directive, each regulatory tightening, and each BaFin audit, your area of responsibility grows. But that’s exactly where the pitfalls...
Annual Report of the FIU 2024: What You Need to Know About Money Laundering, Crypto Risks, and New EU Regulations
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has published its 2024 Annual Report – and it’s full of insights.
If you are a compliance officer, money laundering reporting officer, or work in financial crime, you should read...
KMAG & EU Regulation 2023/1113: Stronger Rules Against Money Laundering in the Crypto Sector
The Crypto Markets Supervision Act (KMAG) obliges crypto service providers to comply with comprehensive regulations for combating money laundering and terrorist financing. This law is complemented by the Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, which...