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In the age of crypto, is FATF playing catch-up on Recommendation 16?

The Payments Association

16) has been pivotal in addressing the traceability of financial transactions, requiring the inclusion of originator and beneficiary information in wire transfers to prevent misuse for illicit purposes. NFTs, layer-2 scaling solutions, and DAOs) constantly emerging. Among its 40 Recommendations, Recommendation 16 (R.16)

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Top 5 Fraud and Financial Crime Topics of 2021

FICO

From TBML to BNPL to NFTs, 2021 found fraud and financial crime professionals dealing with a plethora of new challenges and criminal schemes. Our five most popular posts of the year dealt with trade-based money laundering, non-fungible tokens, buy now pay later scams, courier scams and good old credit card fraud. Here are excerpts.

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Credit Cards vs. Crypto: What’s Winning in 2025

Clearly Payments

Total Daily Transactions : By 2025, Bitcoins daily transactions often exceed 500,000, while Ethereums daily transactions have climbed to over 1 million due to various applications like decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). However, concerns over personal debt and hidden charges linger.