Tag: anti-money laundering
Cayman gears up for CFATF review
(CNS Business): The attorney general has said that the Portfolio of Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Financial Services and CIMA have been working with the public sector agencies and private sector stakeholders to get the jurisdiction in a state of readiness for the upcoming evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Mutual Evaluation […]
DCI offers AML help to vulnerable businesses
(CNS Business): Professionals in the real estate sector and dealers in precious metals and stones were offered help and support recently from the Department of Commerce and Investment in ways to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The sectors are classified as Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professionals, which are still prone to the same threats and […]
AG outlines four year AML/terrorist financing plan
(CNS Business): Following the shortcomings identified previously by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and in Cayman’s regulatory regime to address emerging threats and vulnerabilities in the financial sector, the attorney general said a strategy has been developed ahead of the next FATF review. In a short statement the government’s chief lawyer, Samuel Bulgin said […]
Threats revealed to Cayman’s AML regime
(CNS Business): Government faces some serious challenges over the next 18 months to update the regulatory regime that protects the country’s financial service sector ahead of a task force inspection in March 2017. Francis Arana, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit in the Attorney General’s Chambers, who is coordinating the Cayman Islands’ National Risk Assessment (NRA), […]
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