AML compliance
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HMRC issue over £1.6m in fines to estate agents
- April 11, 2024
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News, Property Market
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HMRC issue over £1.6m in fines to estate agents for failing to register for AML supervision. Press release written by Alison Blease, Director PR, FCS Compliance and Malcolm Driscoll, Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance. HMRC has announced (28 March 2024) that 254 estate agency businesses have been fined a total of over £1.6m for failing
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Update From The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – October 2023
- January 24, 2024
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, News, Property Market
Update From The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – October 2023Written by Suzanne White AICA Cert (KYC/CDD), Senior AML Consultant – FCS Compliance In the international fight against money laundering The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) identifies jurisdictions with weak measures in place to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. They issue two documents 3
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Latest Fines From HMRC Are Impacting AMPs
- January 24, 2024
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, News
Latest Fines From HMRC Are Impacting AMPsWritten by Rena Neville, Head of FCS Compliance – Art Division In October 2023, HMRC updated its list of Art Market Participants (AMPs) who have fallen short of meeting their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) obligations. The vast majority of the approximately 30 AMPs that have been fined failed to register
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The UK Strengthens Enforcement of Trade Sanctions: Art Market Update
- January 24, 2024
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, Blog, News
The UK Strengthens Enforcement of Trade SanctionsWritten by Rena Neville, Head of FCS Compliance – Art Division In early 2024, the UK is launching the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) to combat anyone attempting to evade Russian trade sanctions. The aim is that the department will compliment the existing Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
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Are interior designers intermediaries and do they need to register as Art Market Participants?
- January 24, 2024
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, Blog
Are interior designers intermediaries and do they need to register as Art Market Participants?Written by Rena Neville, Head of FCS Compliance – Art Division Should interior designers register as Art Market Participants (AMPs)?It’s a seemingly simple question but as is often the case with anti-money laundering legislation – it depends. I have outlined three typical
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Snoofa and FCS Compliance held an exclusive webinar for AMPs
- November 23, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, News, Promotion
As you may know, HMRC are enthusiastically conducting interventions of Art Market Participants (AMPs), and many tuned in for Tuesday’s webinar (21.11.2023) on ‘Avoiding CDD Pitfalls: How to Decrease the Likelihood of HMRC Penalties’, held by Snoofa and FCS Compliance. Missed the webinar? Catch up here. This popular webinar covered many of the key questions
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AMPs: Is the Ultimate Beneficial Owner information on Companies House reliable?
- October 23, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, News
Is the Ultimate Beneficial Owner information on Companies House reliable?Written by Rena Neville, Head of FCS Compliance – Art Division In answer to the question “Can we rely on Companies House to provide reliable information on Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs)?”, I am afraid the answer is no. Indeed, the UK government has in the not-too-distant
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Proliferation Financing for Designated Non-Financial Businesses – What This Means for the Property Market
- October 23, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News, Property Market
Proliferation Financing for Designated Non-Financial Businesses – What This Means for the Property MarketWritten by Caroline Walters AICA, Director of Operations, FCS Compliance HMRC’s latest update in relation to proliferation financing states that there is a requirement for Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions to carry out proliferation financing risk assessments. So what exactly is proliferation
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When is an Art Market Participant (AMP) relieved of conducting Customer Due Diligence?
- October 23, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Art Market, News
When is an Art Market Participant (AMP) relieved of conducting Customer Due Diligence?Written by Rena Neville, Head of FCS Compliance – Art Division Some AMPs are still under the false impression that they must conduct Customer Due Diligence (CDD) on every party in every qualifying transaction. This, however, is not the case. There are some
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Property Market: Four possible new models for an AML supervision
- October 23, 2023
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News, Property Market
Four possible new models for an AML supervisionWritten by Malcolm Driscoll MA AICA Int. Adv. Cert (AML), Lead AML Consultant, FCS Compliance – Property Division The Treasury is currently looking at four possible new models for AML supervision and, while this is still at a consultancy stage, we at FCS Compliance are mindful of any
