The Philippines has highlighted the positive and tangible progress the country has made since it was reincluded in the gray list of global dirty money watchdog Financial Action Task Force almost a year ago.
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The continuing modernization and digitization of the financial services industry made easier access to financial services more available to everyone, but it also has created the opportunity for illicit actors to concoct more complex, digitized crimes.
In an interview with Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, Rick McDonell, executive director of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), discusses this crucial development and notes how important it is for financial institutions to ensure that their compliance departments and officers are properly trained to detect this new strain of financial crime.