TORI Approach to Financial Crime

Financial Crime (FinCrime) is a multi-faceted, and ever-changing threat that is advancing in its level of sophistication across sectors and regions.

Financial Crime (FinCrime) is a multi-faceted, and ever-changing threat that is advancing in its level of sophistication across sectors and regions.

You appreciate that aligning controls to business performance drivers can transform control activities from a reactive, tick-box exercise into a powerful tool, able to anticipate and mitigate risk.

After approximately three years of consultations and one year of carrying out the initial assessment, Operational Resilience remains a “hot topic” for regulated financial entities.

The consequences of the existing geopolitical conflict between Ukraine and Russia will impact the financial system and the geopolitical stability of countries beyond European borders.

Heraclitus once wrote, ''The only constant in life is change." No truer statement has been made, and this is equally applicable to strategic enterprise-wide transformations, which are no longer an option but a business imperative to remain competitive.

Throughout human history, society has seen the intangible concept of money manifest into various mediums. It is therefore only reasonable that one asks – what does the future hold for financial services?

The Client wanted to ensure that its Operational Resilience approach met its 31st March 2022 regulatory obligations.

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation across all industries (even faster than the CIO agenda), forcing organisations to quickly move key processes to digital environments to retain some level of activity during the disruption.

Building a dynamic Operational Resilience framework is not a box-ticking activity from the middle office or IT departments. According to our research, only 58% have clear visibility of their critical systems and processes.

The Financial Stability Report, published by The Bank of England in July 2021, presented the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) view that additional policy measures are required to mitigate financial stability risks for Financial Service companies using Cloud service providers.