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Rachel Wolcott

Rachel Wolcott is a respected financial journalist and podcaster with a reputation for breaking news and investigative work.
Rachel Wolcott is a respected financial journalist, author and podcaster who brings her reputation for breaking news and investigative work to the Founding Editor role at Compliance Corylated. Most recently as Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, Rachel has specialised in areas including the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Brexit-related financial service policy change, regulatory reporting, financial crime, market infrastructure, and cryptocurrency.

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72 articles

Financial Crime

KYC/AML at a tipping point as US weighs reform, firms opt for light-touch checks

Know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) efforts are at a tipping point as the United States considers Banking Secrecy Act...
By Rachel Wolcott 16th July 2025
KYC/AML at a tipping point as US weighs reform, firms opt for light-touch checks

Enforcement Actions

FCA hails Korfuzi siblings’ long insider dealing sentences

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) chief criminal counsel hailed custodial sentences passed on Redinel and Oerta Korfuzi at Southwark...
By Rachel Wolcott 9th July 2025
FCA hails Korfuzi siblings’ long insider dealing sentences

Conduct & Culture

FCA’s new harassment and bullying rule expands possibility for individual bans

The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new harassment and bullying rules introduce the possibility of the regulator banning more individuals...
By Rachel Wolcott 8th July 2025
FCA’s new harassment and bullying rule expands possibility for individual bans

Risk Management

The NepoPep: Sons of Duma deputy and UK Conservative party donor run German property businesses

A sanctioned deputy of the Russian Federation’s Duma, and a Russian businessman and UK Conservative party donor have a connection...
By Rachel Wolcott 27th June 2025
The NepoPep: Sons of Duma deputy and UK Conservative party donor run German property businesses

Americas

The NepoPEP: Alleged Russian gangster’s son’s US property company

The Russian Gen-Z money launderer jailed in 2024 for his role in cash to crypto money laundering scheme, is connected...
By Rachel Wolcott 26th June 2025
The NepoPEP: Alleged Russian gangster’s son’s US property company

Financial Crime

Wealthy Gen Z Russian laundered money in luxury properties, claimed ADHD caused offending

On December 4, 2024, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), together with the United Arab Emirates government, the US Drug...
By Rachel Wolcott 25th June 2025
Wealthy Gen Z Russian laundered money in luxury properties, claimed ADHD caused offending

Financial Crime

The privileged, privately educated Russian who ran a cash-to-crypto MLAAS for other wealthy Russians and drug traffickers

Semen Kuksov, son of Vladimir Kuksov, former chairman of AKROS, a leading Russian oil field service company, is one of...
By Rachel Wolcott 24th June 2025
The privileged, privately educated Russian who ran a cash-to-crypto MLAAS for other wealthy Russians and drug traffickers

Financial Crime

Golden youth: The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion

The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion is much younger, highly educated, multilingual, and tech savvy–the golden...
By Rachel Wolcott 23rd June 2025
Golden youth: The new face of Russian money laundering and sanctions evasion

Europe, Middle East, Africa

New EMIR data quality indicators boost EU trade reporting supervision

A new set of data quality indicators for the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) will give a further boost to...
By Rachel Wolcott 19th June 2025
New EMIR data quality indicators boost EU trade reporting supervision
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