Category Archives: English – posts in English on this blog

Europe’s alternative social media pilot | EU Video & EU Voice

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) as part of an alternative social media pilot, started EU Video and EU Voice. EU Video is the official ActivityPub video platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs). EU Voice is the … Lees verder

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FATCA letter from the US Treasury to the Dutch ambassador | first comments by Lehagre and Richardson

On 29 August, 2022 the Assistant Secretary of Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Ms. Lily Batchelder, has sent a letter to the Dutch ambassador on FATCA with the following content: I am writing regarding our ongoing discussions on … Lees verder

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EU central asset registry and its compatibility with existing EU law | AML, CFT, European Parliament

In addition to the current measures Europe has imposed on Member States to fight crime, Europe is considering a EU central asset registry. In 2021 a European tender on the subject was opened (blog post). In June this year a … Lees verder

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EPRS report on the AML Package | inadequate attention to non-financial obliged entities

In July this year the European Parliamentary Research Service published The proposed Anti-Money Laundering Authority, FIU cooperation, powers and exchanges of information, written by Silvia Allegrezza (University of Luxembourg). Inadequate attention to non-financial obliged entities The author recognizes that the … Lees verder

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Amendment to “reduce frictions for customers”, easy and unsafe? | PSD2, EU

Easy and unsafe? That was the first thing that came to mind when I read the following tweet from EU Finance about the security requirements of PSD2:   Payments: @EU_Commission adopted an amendment to the #PSD2 #SCA RTS to reduce … Lees verder

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Beneficialownerology in UK and EU

The UK is not only the inventor of the ‘nominee shareholder’, the ‘nominee director’ and of tax evasion through Common Wealth islands. It also pretends to be a forerunner in making beneficial owners transparent. It is providing important input to … Lees verder

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The tax and compliance rules the US slaps on its own expats | FATCA, FBAR

Andreas Kluth for Bloomberg wrote: Next, the Supreme Court Decides How to Punish US Expats. The article starts with: Alexandru Bittner v. United States is about some of the tax and compliance rules the US slaps on its own expats. … Lees verder

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FATF, the architect of the surveillance society, assessed the Dutch crime-fighting measures | AML, CFT

Yesterday the Dutch government announced that the FATF-evaluation of the Netherlands on crime-fighting (‘anti-money laundering’, ‘AML’, and anti terrorist financing) has been made definitive. The Dutch government later this year will comment on FATFs findings. FATF is an undemocratic and … Lees verder

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22 + 23 September: inaugural lecture Anna Berlee on public personal data & GDPR symposium | data protection and public registers, including BO-registers, and ‘open data’

Those who are interested in the disclosure of personal data for public purposes, for example through the trade register, the ubo-register (register of beneficial owners, BO-register), the land register and in the context of disclosure of government information, are advised … Lees verder

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Big Tech in Financial Services | report U.S. Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the U.S. in July published the updated version of the report Big Tech in Financial Services, written by Paul Tierno. Summery: Big Tech in Financial Services For the past decade or so, “Big Tech”—which … Lees verder

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