Purpose: This study aims to consider the anti-money laundering/combating of financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime that applies to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microfinance programmes and projects (MFPs) in Vietnam to identify ways in which to improve the alignment between financial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify key questions that should be addressed to enable the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to provide guidance regarding the alignment of anti-money laundering, combating of financing of terror and financial inclusion objectives....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between anti-money laundering (“AML”) and combating of financing of terrorism (“CFT”) customer due diligence (“CDD”) measures in the financial services industry, and exclusion from financial services....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Vietnamese laws and practices concerning the confiscation of proceeds of crime, especially in view of Vietnam’s obligations to meet the international standards on money laundering and terrorist financing, set by the Financial Action Task...

The working paper was drafted to meet the 31 August 2020 deadline of the Financial Action Task Force's public consultation process relating to the extension of the risk-based approach to proliferation financing. The paper draws primarily on recommendations made in our research papers over the...

Mobile money holds great financial inclusion promise, but also poses financial integrity challenges. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - the intergovernmental global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) standard-setting body - expressed support for financial...

The FATF Recommendations set international standards regarding client identification by financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions for anti-money laundering (“AML”) and combating of terrorist financing (“CFT”) purposes. The FATF standards regarding...

Since 2014, the policy focus on large-scale bank account closures of remittance service providers – generally called ‘de-risking' – intensified internationally as well as in Australia. While the dilemma of these providers is the result of a complex combination of factors, money laundering...