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A landmark report from the Bank for International Settlements argues that the accelerating transformation of digital finance requires regulators to adopt a consistent global approach in order to prevent illicit payment flows from exploiting weaknesses in the financial system. The study concludes that safeguarding financial integrity can no longer revolve solely around the traditional banking sector, particularly as innovations such as stablecoins and central bank digital curr

The Financial Action Task Force has issued a major new paper drawing attention to the dramatic rise in fraud driven by rapid digital transformation, cautioning that cyber-enabled scams now represent a substantial share of criminal activity across multiple jurisdictions and pose serious risks to global financial stability. The international watchdog underscores that criminal groups are increasingly exploiting instant payment infrastructures and emerging technologies to transfe

European Central Bank and European Systemic Risk Board have jointly released a detailed analysis warning that expanding connections between traditional banks and the non-bank financial intermediation sector could create structural vulnerabilities capable of intensifying financial stress during adverse market environments. The joint publication, titled “Financial stability risks from linkages between banks and the non-bank financial intermediation sector”, concludes that while

The laundering of illicit funds through global trade and consumer retail channels has expanded to levels never seen before, driven largely by criminal groups exploiting surrogate shopping networks commonly known as daigou. What began as a specialized consumer service designed to help buyers obtain authentic luxury goods or cheaper overseas inventory—especially for customers in mainland China—has transformed into a sophisticated, industrialized system for transferring illegal

Nigeria has embarked on a sweeping overhaul of how digital assets are monitored, embedding national identification numbers directly into crypto systems to strip away the anonymity that once protected bad actors. The push arrives alongside the Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025, which compels every virtual-asset transaction to be tied to a verified, real-world identity. By synchronizing its domestic rules with the global crypto-asset reporting framework, the government intend

UK Finance has issued its strongest admonition yet to major global tech platforms, with chief executive David Postings urging Silicon Valley to “grasp the scale of the crisis” and significantly ramp up efforts to curb fraud proliferating across their networks. Addressing delegates at the Economic Crime Congress 2025, Postings described an escalating epidemic of financial crime in the UK—one that he argued no single industry can tackle alone.   Although banks are committing re