• Search:






The Risk Professional: UK scraps ID card scheme

The UK Home Office is scrapping, with immediate effect, the Identity Card Scheme. Please see www.bankinginsurancesecurities.com



Risk Professional: World Money Laundering Report Volume 9 Number 6 published

16 December 2010 World Money Laundering Report Volume 9 Number 6 is now available for free download from www.wmlro.com Registration is required. Free download is available for seven days from publication and therefore expires on 23 Dece...



The Risk Professional: While US maintains focus on Eurozone, domestic bank failures reach 150 this year

Paramount Bank, Farmington Hills, Michigan has achieved the dubious honour of being the 150th bank closed by regulators so far this year as the financial crisis in the USA continues, albeit largely under the radar. Almost a thousand banks have g...



The Risk Professional: the Wikileaks the UK has been waiting for

After being bored with stories about attitudes to North Korea, Russia and even the UN - none of which presented anything unexpected or interesting, what Britons really wanted to know what what the Americans privately thought of Tony Blair and Go...



The Risk Professional: International Criminal Court issues warrant for President of Sudan

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a test of the commitment of African countries. Last year it indicted Omar al Bashir, the current President of Sudan. Yesterday, it issued a fresh warrant - adding genocide to the charges. But..

The Risk Professional: Banks in peril as Irish Court undermines mortgage securities

A little noticed decision in an Irish court may undermine the value of even "good" mortgage securities in the balance sheets of banks n...



Risk Professional: Money laundering laws begin to bite in office services sector

The office services sector including the provision of virtual offices has been added to the range of businesses that must put in place systems an...



FATF 40 + 9 Recommendations Review - Impact Assessment and Discussion Group

The Financial Action Task Force has issued a consultation document seeking views on its proposals to review the 40 + 9 Recommendations. The UK Tr...



The Risk Professional: US regulators continue to close small banks

When the USA's Federal Reserve reviewed the implementation of Basel II, it excused domestic US banks with assets below a generous threshold. As t...



The Risk Professional: US Treasury discloses intelligence sources in sanctions document

The USA's intelligence failures are the stuff of legend. The quality of the intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq was - to be polite...

loading

Risk Professional

The Chief Officers' Network "The Risk Professional" section covers all aspects of risk. Go on - dare to Contribute