In an update on 21 February following its latest plenary, the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has removed the Philippines ...

In a meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today, lawmaker Dr Amaresh Kumar Singh has demanded the government unveil ...

The AfCFTA should benefit African banks in various ways, including by increasing the volume of cross-border payments that ...

MANILA – Senate President Francis Escudero believes that the commitment of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s administration ...

There's been a nearly 400% increase in terror financing complaints under the Marcos government in 2024, mostly targeting human rights defenders ...

South Africa has successfully addressed 20 out of 22 FATF requirements, with National Treasury confirming the country is on ...

The Financial Action Task Force has also added Laos and Nepal to its list of nations subject to “increased monitoring.” ...

Proposed Swiss legislation to combat money laundering is heavily influenced by international standards. Deviating from these could have serious implications for the financial centre and Switzerland as ...

Following the removal of the Philippines from the so-called anti-dirty money grey list, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on ...

The chairman and chief executive of gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), Alejandro Tengco, says the body played a ‘crucial role’ in the country’s exit from the Financial ...

Despite the Philippines’s recent exit from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list on money laundering and terrorism funding, economists stressed the need to sustain reforms and called for ...

Political party leaders are yet to internalise the importance of a clean and efficient fiscal sector.