In this episode, host Kathy Jacobs speaks with Niall Esler, Partner and Head of the Regulatory Group, Walkers and Shane Martin, Partner and Regulatory Compliance & Data Privacy Lawyer of Walkers on the topic of Anti-Money Laundering (AML).
During this episode Niall and Shane provide insights relating to governance and examine the challenges for firms when outsourcing elements of their AML functions. They also outline how firms approach to business risk assessments has evolved in recent years. Niall and Shane discuss some of the key recent and upcoming developments in AML including the introduction of AMLA, and what sort of impact that we might see with the introduction of AMLA as regards supervision of firms, the single rule- book and trends in enforcement.