After one of its most successful years, Europe’s private banking industry will now need to navigate an uncertain macroeconomic outlook and evolving client needs. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic called for new ways of doing business—remote service for clients and working at a distance for most bank functions. As in other industries, banks suddenly redrew their technology plans, raising spending levels and accelerating the adoption of advanced methodologies. The need

There is no time like the present to refresh your organization’s bribery and corruption risk assessment. Many organizations recognized that the COVID pandemic changed the risk and control landscape, and took the opportunity to revisit their compliance programs, at least from a distance. The risk landscape has again shifted post-pandemic; the war in Ukraine, the changing economic environment, and the pressure to "play catch-up" in industries/markets hardest hit by the p

Corruption in the oil sector is a persistent source of concern for the industry and its stakeholders. Corruption in the oil sector is a...

The National Crime Agency estimates that money laundering costs the UK more than £100 billion annually. The Economic Crime and Corporate...

Pallas Consultant’s 2022 anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) survey results regarding blockchain and cryptocurrency (crypto) align with the...

While anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) programs have long been a part of many company’s risk analysis and are governed by various...