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The rapid evolution of the digital landscape has created an enormous increase in data and data sources, creating unique compliance risk challenges to financial institutions. Even technology that was cutting edge only a few years ago, suddenly no longer meets today’s business needs. K2 Integrity helps clients identify the right tools and technology—at the right...

Joseph Boccio is a senior managing director in K2 Integrity’s Financial Crimes Risk Management practice, based in New York. He has more than 25 years of service in the financial services industry, with an acclaimed track record in anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, internal audits, sales practice examinations, and financial analysis/reporting. Joseph helps financial institutions ranging...

In “Banks Are an Odd Place to Keep Your Crypto” (Bloomberg, 13 Jan. 2022), K2 Integrity shares insight on the pros and cons of choosing a traditional financial institution to manage digital currency. It is not that banks are better than VASPs, or that VASPs are better than banks. There is room for both in...

In “How Significant is Russia’s Partial Ban from SWIFT?” (The New Yorker, 8 March 2022), Danny Glaser spoke about the significance of Russia’s partial ban from SWIFT and what this move signals to the international finance community. Read the full article in The New Yorker.

On 21 September 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory1 that highlights the sanctions risks associated with making ransomware payments. OFAC reiterated that it strongly discourages companies from making or facilitating ransomware payments, which it believes encourages future attacks and may also violate U.S. sanctions. The...

In “SEC’s AI Task Force to Start Its Work In-House” (Ignites, 6 August 2025), Jason Straight comments on the task force recently created by the Security and Exchange Commission to enhance the agency’s operational innovation and efficiency through the use of artificial intelligence. He notes: “If the agency can harness AI to improve its own...

The Week in Review delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union (EU), and the United Kingdom (UK) continue to lead a global sanctions campaign that has been unprecedented in its speed, complexity,...

To view a recording of this webinar on demand please complete the required fields and click “Submit.” Fraud is a systemic issue and always involves more than one financial institution. Yet, there is no jurisdiction-wide technological solution for combating fraud; irrespective of the robustness of their individual counterfraud frameworks and systems, financial institutions continue to...

To view a recording of this webinar on demand please complete the required fields and click “Submit.”  Pre-investment due diligence for private funds should be more than a check-the-box exercise that begins and ends in the final days of closing on a new deal. A due diligence investigation can identify undisclosed business interests, financial problems, or...