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‘Practical AML Compliance for Auctioneers’ – industry webinar: 5pm 1 March
- February 19, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
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A concentrated hour of expert guidance & practical information to help auctioneers ensure AML compliance before the government deadline.
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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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Money laundering legislation and the art world
- January 13, 2021
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Blog
The time for AMPs to put AML on the back burner has now passed
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What leaving the EU means for anti-money laundering legislation
- December 15, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Planning for a post-Brexit world and what this might look like is what most organisations are doing right now, including essential AML checks and procedures.
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Rightmove to host FCS Compliance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) webinar on 17 November
- November 5, 2020
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
Jerry Walters, Managing Director of FCS Compliance, will be presenting to Rightmove agent members via live webinar at 10am on 17 November.
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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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Upmarket letting agents face substantial changes after new AML come in, warns expert
- December 19, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: Press
Jerry Walters, chief of LonRes-owned firm FCS Compliance, says changes will affect how deposits and rent are received and require landlords and tenants to be checked. As property professionals struggle to get to grips with the 4th EU anti-money laundering (AML) Directive, along comes the 5th due to come into force by the 9th January
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Jerry Walters talks to Property Week about the HMRC crackdown on Money Laundering.
- October 31, 2019
- Posted by: FCS Compliance
- Category: News
As regulation to prevent money laundering in the real estate industry continues to increase, we discuss the importance of AML compliance and the measures agents should be taking to prepare themselves for an HMRC inspection. Clamping down: in 2018-19, HMRC issued 131 penalties worth over £1.2m and secured 30 AML convictions. In 2016, Property Week
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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
