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Press reporting on thousands of leaked suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed by financial institutions with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has highlighted longstanding challenges to current anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) efforts. Against this backdrop, the announcement that FinCEN is seeking public comment on important reforms to its regulations...

On 15 January 2025, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar that featured Justina Rousseau, senior managing director at K2 Integrity; Aseel Rabie, counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; and Sarah Runge, executive managing director at K2 Integrity, discussing the complexities of the Investment Adviser BSA/AML Rule and what steps firms should be undertaking. View a recording...

In “Vital Interests: Shocks and Threats to the Global Financial System” (Center on National Security, 9 April 2020), Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer, K2 Intelligence FIN, highlights what the current disruptions in light of COVID-19 mean for the global financial system. Juan notes that while it is a moment of crisis, it is...

Himamauli Das will be speaking at Risky Business: A FinCrime Ops Tour. The 13 August 2025 forum will provide expert insights into the evolving regulatory landscape and address the opportunities and challenges ahead for both the industry and the legal profession. Him will join financial crime experts to discuss what FinCrime will become with the...

On 15 October 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released detailed sanctions compliance guidance for the virtual currency industry (the Guidance).1 The Guidance provides an overview of OFAC sanctions requirements and lists several best practices for virtual currency industry participants to comply with OFAC regulations, based on the five...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—the global AML/CFT standard-setting body and watchdog—held its third and final Plenary meeting under the Chinese Presidency on 24 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was held virtually; nonetheless, the Plenary outcomes were numerous. Please join us as we continue our FATF-focused series with the four leading...

To view this webinar on-demand, click here. To access the recording you must complete the required fields and click "Register"   In the face of the expanded CFIUS authorities, there is a substantial premium for investors and businesses to more effectively manage potential national security and CFIUS risks that could delay or hinder transactions. Join us...

11 AUGUST 2021 – NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, DC – K2 Integrity today announced its engagement with Diem Networks US to support, initially lead, and continue to build innovative solutions for the Diem Networks US Financial Intelligence Function (FIF). The FIF is designed to protect the Diem Payment Network (DPN) from illicit financial activity and works in...

Elizabeth Severinovskaya is an associate managing director in the Financial Crimes Risk Management practice at K2 Integrity, where she advises both crypto natives and traditional finance (TradFi) clients on their financial crimes risk and compliance strategies. She has a broad range of industry experience across banking and financial services, Fintechs, payments, and cryptocurrency platforms. In...

By Juan C. Zarate. Originally published as the foreword to Countering the Financing of Terrorism: Law and Policy, edited by John M. Geiringer (Chicago: ABA Business Law, 2022). Reprinted with permission from the American Bar Association. Copyright 2022.  Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy,...