Transparency Task Force

🗞️Why MPs and peers are calling for a review into financial regulation👇 ftadviser.com/content/800709… @FTAdviser

🗞️ LATEST ARTICLES FROM FINCRIME CENTRAL Here’s some recent articles by FinCrime Central Founder, Fred Kahn: ●     UK Authorities move to dissolve crypto firm over 1 billion dollar IRGC link 👇 fincrimecentral.com/uk-dissolves-e… ●     The implication of systemic failures in UK’s global financial oversight and reform 👇 fincrimecentral.com/systemic-failu… ●     Danish FSA hits Merex International over high risk Iran transfers 👇 fincrimecentral.com/danish-fsa-hit… ●     US sanctions network over 100 million dollar Hezbollah scheme 👇 fincrimecentral.com/sanctions-hami… You can access all articles here 👇 fincrimecentral.com

📊 Investor Education & Trust: Reconnecting European Citizens with Finance and Capital Markets On 17th March, BETTER FINANCE - European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users hosted an important online discussion on one of the EU's pressing challenges — why millions of European citizens remain hesitant to save and invest, and what can be done about it. Low financial literacy. Limited trust in institutions. Concerns about fairness and misselling. These barriers persist even as digital finance, neobrokers, and AI-driven tools make investing more accessible than ever. The event explored how improving financial literacy and restoring retail investor trust are essential steps toward the EU's broader Savings & Investment Union goals. 🎥 Full details, the conference programme, speakers booklet, and video recordings are available here👇 betterfinance.eu/communication/… TTF is proud to be an associate member of Better Finance.

🎙️ New podcast highlight: CORYLATED Hosted by Lindsey Rogerson & Rachel Wolcott, this week's episode features investigative journalist Adam Cruise discussing his documentary Trade Secret — and the uncomfortable truth about wildlife trafficking. How does legal wildlife trade fuel illegal trafficking? How do loopholes in international agreements like CITES get exploited by organised crime? And what should compliance professionals be watching for? This episode covers it all — from polar bears and rhinos to money laundering and poly-criminal networks. You can access the episode here 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tra… You can access all episodes of this excellent podcast here 👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cor…

📖 This week's book of the week: When Genius Failed — the rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management. A fund built by Nobel laureates and Wall Street's finest, returns so good banks were begging to invest... until 1998, when it all came crashing down and nearly took the entire financial system with it. A must-read if you're into finance, hubris, or just a great story. Grab your copy here👇 amazon.co.uk/When-Genius-Fa…

📢TTF EVENT: "Anatomy of a Banking Scandal: The Keystone Bank Failure – Harbinger of the 2008 Financial Crisis" 🗓️Tuesday 21st April ⏰ 6:00PM-7:00PM BST 📍Zoom Join us for a fascinating look at how a small West Virginia bank grew from $100M to $1.1B in assets, only to collapse under fraud, embezzlement, and hidden losses - a harbinger of the 2008 financial crisis. Author Robert S. Pasley - a bank regulation and AML compliance expert with over 30 years’ experience - will join us to share the inside story of Keystone Bank, exploring the fraud, the failed oversight, and the lessons that still resonate today about systemic risk and financial regulation. 🎟 Click here for full details and to book your free place: transparencytaskforce.org/anatomy-of-a-b…

📺 TREASURY SELECT COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1st Meeting - Work of the Financial Ombudsman Service This meeting took place on Wednesday 18th March. Witnesses included: ●     Liam Coleman, Interim Chair, Financial Ombudsman Service ●     Jenny Simmonds, Interim CEO, Financial Ombudsman Service ●     James Dipple-Johnstone, Interim Chief Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service You can watch the meeting on Parliament TV catch up here 👇 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/45… 2nd Meeting - Work of the Financial Conduct Authority - Oral evidence This meeting took place on Tuesday 24th March. Witnesses included: ●     Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority ●     Ashley Alder, Chair, Financial Conduct Authority ●     Sarah Pritchard, Deputy Chief Executive, Financial Conduct Authority ●     Steve Smart, Joint Director for Enforcement and Market Oversight, Financial Conduct Authority ●     Jessica Rusu, Chief Information and Data Officer, Financial Conduct Authority You can watch the meeting on Parliament TV catch up here 👇 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2e…

📢 EVENT: The Sanctuary Project: An evening with Jim Sheridan “You’re invited to pull up a chair with Jim Sheridan and friends this April. The Independent Film Trust is hosting an intimate salon evening. This is a rare, closed-room experience, a masterclass in raw, unapologetic storytelling that turns survival into poetry. Come for the craft. Leave with human stories you can carry, and an impact you can stand behind. 🕰️ When: 9th April 2026, 19.00 🗺️ Where: The Athenaeum, Piccadilly” You can access full details here 👇 uk.givergy.com/IFT/?controlle… AND NOTE THIS IS A PAY TO ATTEND FUNDRAISING EVENT, ALL PLACES MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE!

📺 TTF member Jeremy Asher on BBC Morning Live talking money mules on behalf of the Financial Fraud Awareness Campaign (FFAC) Here’s a snippet from Jeremy’s LinkedIn post: “Breaking News. I was on BBC News Morning Live this morning talking money mules on behalf of the Financial Fraud Awareness Campaign (FFAC). If you have been debanked or refused credit it is essential that you take immediate legal advice before going further. Please contact me at Setfords for a free initial appraisal.” You can access the BBC Morning Live Programme here (noting the money mule section starts at 17:48) 👇 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

“We are the voice of consumers but I can tell you, it is a minority voice. “The voice of industry [when responding to consultations] is disproportionate compared to the voice of consumers.” @johnnytimpson1 quoted in @FTAdviser ftadviser.com/content/73c21e…

I've made this Waspi story sit in front of the registration barrier, so it is easier for the 50s women to be able to read it and share it. ftadviser.com/content/6f8764…

IMPORTANT! PLEASE WATCH THIS! The clip below takes you to an important interaction in the @UKHouseofLords just now, where Lord @premnsikka rightly expresses his frustration at how unacceptably long it is taking for the Dobbs Review into @LloydsBank's handling of the HBOS scandal to be published; and his understandable concerns that when it is finally published it may be heavily redacted. Fortunately, several other Peers express support for his sentiments including Baroness Kramer @BaronessKramer and Baroness Neville-Rolfe - @LNevilleRolfe, Lord Tyrie, Lord Davies of Brixton and others. What do you think of the points they all raised? Would publishing a redacted version be a cover up? What do you think of the responses given by Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Livermore @SpenceLivermore ? And what do you think of the conduct of @LloydsBank and @TheFCA in relation to this whole scandal? Also, thank goodness for the incredible work of @StansfeldPCC and his colleagues without whom the bad bankers would not have been prosecuted. HERE'S THE CLIP TO WATCH: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/6f… @TransparencyTF has also been speaking out abut this issue. Please see our letter to @Meg_HillierMP, Chair of @CommonsTreasury here transparencytaskforce.org/wp-content/upl… and the response we received from Dame Meg here transparencytaskforce.org/wp-content/upl… @johnmcdonnellMP @SharonBowlesUK @LordKirkhope @LordJohnMann @SarahLudford @natalieben @simon_haskel @BankConfidenti1 @Carlier_J87 @appgonifandffs @IFSAPPG @taxinparliament @APPGpensionscam @APPGMortgage @IFSAPPG @kevinhollinrake @vincecable @jameshurley @AndyMcDonaldMP @IanByrneMP @ianhtyler @andyverity @EmilyBuchanan1

🗞️ King's Speech set for week after crunch elections 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…