
Climate stress test results: ECB wants to guide banks through the green transition
Sustainable BankingThe ECB published the long-awaited results of this year's climate stress test on Friday, July 08. The stress test assessed financial institutions' resilience to climate change in the first quarter of 2022....

EBA guidelines on the role and responsibilities of the AML/CFT officer
Anti-Financial CrimeOn 14 June 2022, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published the final report on the guidelines for the role and responsibilities of the AML/CFT compliance officer for credit and financial institutions under Article 8 and Chapter VI of Directive...

Sustainable KYC
Anti-Financial Crime, Sustainable BankingThursday, August 04, 2022, 14:00 to 15:00 Sustainable finance is taking on an increasingly important role, the goal of which is to incorporate so-called ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors into financial services processes....

That is CURENTIS. This is WE.
GeneralHanna Thieke has been a trainee office management assistant at CURENTIS AG since August 2020.
Why did you choose CURENTIS AG?
I became aware of CURENTIS AG via the Internet. The opportunity to...

The KYC principle: Why are banks particularly in the focus of sanctions?
Anti-Financial CrimeAgainst the backdrop of the Russian attack on Ukraine and the resulting sanctions by America, the EU and Switzerland, the hoped-for effects and undesired side effects of sanctions are a very topical issue. In the context of...

CURENTIS congratulates SV Rot-Weiss Merl on their championship in the Landesliga!
GeneralThe Merl women's season is officially over. For a few weeks now, the girls from Merl have been crowned champions of their Landesliga group. CURENTIS is proud that this great team wears our jersey. The girls from Merl say goodbye...

Jan-Ole Vietz becomes Senior Consultant
General, Anti-Financial CrimeCURENTIS congratulates Jan-Ole Vietz on his promotion to Senior Consultant.
Jan-Ole joined the Anti-Financial Crime Team at CURENTIS AG in July 2019. Since then, he has been able to gain a lot of exciting project experience. For his project clients...

EU decides on crypto regulation - The most important facts on the new "MiCA" regulation
Anti-Financial CrimeLast Friday night, the news broke: The EU agreed on the European regulation for crypto assets, MiCA (Markets in Crypto Assets) for short. This means that the law is now final and the many regulatory...

NFTs - State of the Art in Money Laundering?
Anti-Financial CrimeCURENTIS looks at the background to the hype around NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) in the art scene and assesses it from an AML perspective. For many years, the art market was a blind spot from a regulatory perspective. Anonymity and discretion...

EBA discusses inclusion of environmental risks in Pillar 1
Regulatory Affairs, Sustainable BankingAt the beginning of May, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a discussion paper on the role of environmental risks for credit and securities institutions. CURENTIS summarises the most important points from this paper for you.
In the...