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Estate agents working with international individuals can face a significant risk of encountering money laundering activities. The complex nature of cross-border...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...

Over 20,000 UK agency branches have now registered with HMRC for anti-money laundering supervision. A new analysis from risk management platform Thirdfort...

AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

An analysis of anti-money laundering compliance shows the estate agency industry as one of the UK’s worst performing sectors. And the expert...

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

A tech company in the compliance sector claims that 25 per cent of UK estate agency branches have failed to register...

Agents are being advised to go above and beyond the legal requirements for anti-money laundering requirements.  Paul Offley, compliance officer for The...

The industry is braced for more anti-money laundering compliance processes according to a risk consultancy. LexisNexis Risk Solutions claims its survey shows...

While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Estate agencies have been named by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering regulations. The list of those breaching the rules...

A customer due diligence training webinar is being held for Rightmove members next week. This is the third anti-money laundering training webinar...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

Over a fifth of key businesses say they do not trust any element at all of automated anti-money laundering checks and...

Future complaints about property raffles by individual home owners seeking to avoid estate agency fees will in future be handled by...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

A government minister has made a pointed jibe at estate agents who appear not to regard cash purchases of high-value properties...

Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

London transaction data company LonRes and law firm Eversheads are launching an agent-to-agent anti money laundering compliance service for LonRes subscribers.  The...

The new Lawline operated for the National Association of Estate Agents appears so far to be concentrating on calls about employment...