Financial Services & Tax

Articles

Crypto regulation starts to de-crypt

Following the conviction of John Ross Rennie for his involvement in a cryptocurrency robbery and the seizure of such assets by the courts, Tom Walker, Legal Director and Barrister at Blake Morgan LLP, looks at the regulation of crypto-assets and the range of interventions available

The Payment Systems Regulator’s proposal to lower the APP fraud reimbursement limit

Dan Wyatt, Partner at RPC, shares his thoughts on the unexpected consultation by the UK Payment Systems Regulator on whether the proposed reimbursement limit concerning authorised push payment fraud should be reduced

Fraud and asset recovery: “Catch me if you can”

Natalie Todd, a Partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan shares the highlights from the CYK and Twenty Essex’s LIDW 2024 panel discussion involving contributions from Jon Felce, Luke Pearce KC and Joshua Folkard

Conducting Source of Funds verification on corporate clients

Harriet Holmes highlights the critical role of Source of Funds verification in combating money laundering and ensuring compliance within corporate transactions

The (electric) lamp… Is it time for juries to be replaced by AI?

Edward Hodgson, an Associate at Corker Binning, assesses whether artificial intelligence has improved to such an extent that criminal defendants could be tried by machines

UK banks’ crisis preparedness and emerging risks in 2024

Natalie Todd and Anna-Rose Davies, from Cooke, Young & Keidan, assess the risks facing banks and their customers

Corporate culture and how to prevent bribery, fraud and other economic crimes

Tom McNeill, a Partner at BCL Solicitors, assesses the failure to prevent model and its application to fraud offences committed by large organisations

The reimbursement burden in the wake of increased authorised push payment fraud: are tech companies the new target in town?

Jon Felce and Rosie Wild, partners at specialist disputes firm CYK, discuss the new Labour government’s reported plans to shift some of the burden of compensating victims onto tech companies, and the possible implications of doing so