estate agents
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Higher-Risk Countries
- April 8, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
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A list of these higher-risk jurisdictions has been set out by the UK by way of Schedule 3ZA.
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“One of the best ones yet” – agents respond to the latest FCS webinar
- January 19, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Latest FCS Compliance webinar on Rightmove sees hundreds of agents tune in
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Registration opens for Rightmove webinar on CDD (19 Jan 2021)
- January 11, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
The next FCS Compliance webinar hosted by Rightmove looks at one of the critical aspects of adhering to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017: ‘Undertaking Effective Customer Due Diligence’.
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Government publishes its 2020 National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing
- December 18, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
On 17 December 2020, the UK Government published its National Risk Assessment (NRA) of money laundering and terrorist financing. The last report was published in 2017. Here are some key findings to note: Money laundering risk scores increase: for property, the risk score is increased from ‘Medium’ to ‘High‘ for estate agencies, the score moves
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Jerry Walters joins the speaker line-up at the Residential Conveyancing Conference (25 November)
- November 12, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
On Wednesday 25 November, Jerry Walters, Managing Director of FCS Compliance, will present to attendees at the ‘Residential Conveyancing Conference’, providing an update on the latest anti-money laundering (AML) legislation and sharing some of the common pitfalls to avoid.
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COVID-19 and Undertaking Effective CDD
- September 24, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
As the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic continues into the Autumn, the anti-money laundering measures, that property professionals should have implemented back in March, still remain in place.
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LonRes Acquires Leading Specialist AML Consultancy
- September 29, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting property professionals, LonRes, the subscription-based business-to-business trading platform, has acquired FCS Compliance, formerly known as Financial Crime Services. The LonRes acquisition comes at a time when HMRC is targeting estate agents as part of a wider money laundering crackdown. In recent guidelines it made clear that they
