Keep using spreadsheets? Sure, they have their place, but it’s more for certain types of tasks, not necessarily for everything that you’re trying to do.
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The future for lawyers: Legal service in a cart?
“There won’t be enough work to keep all traditional lawyers in practice, because the market will have moved to different ways of solving problems,” says Prof Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society of Computers & Law in the UK.
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Speed, volume of regulatory change continue to challenge firms in Asia – poll
The pace and volume of regulatory change will be the single greatest challenges for compliance officers across the Asia-Pacific region in 2021.
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Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicate
Australia’s world-leading Fintel Alliance has secured a major win in the fight against organised financial crime, after teaming up with state police for a “week of action” on cuckoo smurfing.
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Horror in Honduras: The Apocalyptic Alliance — a hidden world of money laundering
In this series of articles, international financial crime expert Robert Mazur explores the risks to financial institutions — and the United States as a whole — presented by the current administration in Honduras.
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Choose to Challenge Your Pipeline of Future Female Leaders
Organisations in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely to achieve above average financial returns. Knowing this, we cannot ignore the gender breakdown of our workforces.
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ATO using its access powers to assist with challenging legal professional privilege
CUB Australia Holding Pty Ltd v FCT [2021] FCA 43 marks the first addition to the body of case law regarding legal professional privilege (LPP) for 2021
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Money laundering by gambling: Regulatory gap or green light?
News of Barangaroo Crown Casino’s alleged non-compliance with AML/CTF laws late last year raises the perennial question of how to best regulate the gambling industry.
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Learning techniques for better remote working
2020 has brought about many changes to the way we work. Businesses have had to adapt how they operate, and remote working on a full-time basis has been a huge adjustment for employees and organisations alike. No matter what phase of the Coronavirus pandemic your locality is in, the likelihood is that the office working paradigm is shifting toward the more flexible alternative of remote working.
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Five key risks for firms 2021
2020 was a year of crisis management and 2021 looks set to be a year of learning the lessons and re-assessing the “how” as well as the “what” for firms…
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