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Charity banking obstacles reach crisis point
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- 22 Apr 2024
Difficulty opening accounts, accounts being frozen or closed without warning, inadequate customer service, high charges and lengthy delays in implementing new mandates among list of complaints.
The auditor who fought Kenyan corruption
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- 17 Apr 2024
This year’s ICAEW Achievement Award winner, Edward ‘Eddie’ Ouko, faced huge resistance in his role as Auditor-General of Kenya. Despite the threats, he stood his ground.
Public/private sector collaboration key to fighting corruption
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- 12 Apr 2024
Closer working ties between businesses and enforcement agencies will boost the battle against corruption, expert speakers at a recent IFAC event agree.
How business should approach fraud risk
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- 02 Apr 2024
Fraud volumes and values are rising annually. But new rules and governance regulations hope to help prevent business fraud before it happens and detect it when it does.
EU picks Frankfurt as Anti-Money Laundering Authority home
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- 13 Mar 2024
New enforcement body takes step closer to reality as decision-makers select location of headquarters, with mid-2025 launch on the horizon.
UK government outlines new sanctions strategy
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- 11 Mar 2024
Two years on from the start of the war in Ukraine, the UK government has set out a sanctions strategy that strengthens its capability.
Banking for charities
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- 06 Mar 2024
Demand for charity services continues to grow. Be it the cost-of-living crisis, rising mental health challenges or our ageing populations, charities are finding themselves under increasing pressure to deliver more for less. Given the challenges they currently face in doing vitally important work, you’d hope that accessing banking services would be straightforward for them. However, it’s becoming increasingly challenging for charity trustees to do so. But why?
Companies House activates new powers to combat fraud
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- 04 Mar 2024
New Companies House regime aims to improve data quality and counter misuse – a timely introduction as banks are on high alert due to a spike in potential fraudulent company filings.
UK fraud makes massive leap to £2.3bn
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- 28 Feb 2024
Reported cases of fraud are rising and the amounts involved are getting larger – but still fewer than one in seven fraud offences are reported to the police.
Profession under microscope in major corruption study
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- 27 Feb 2024
Universities and expert body unite to ramp up data on actions that enable corruption – with the influence of accountants high on the project’s list.
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