With financial services now globalized, countries around the world have to coordinate with each other to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.Their AML/CFT regimes are evaluated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international organization. If a country were to fail an FATF evaluation, its international reputation would be tarnished. We spoke to Hiroshi Ozaki, Director of the Japanese FSA’s ALM/CFT Policy Office, about what Japanese financial institutions’ immediate priorities should be.

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Interlocutor

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  Hiroshi Ozaki

  Director

  AML/CFT Policy Office

  Strategy Development and Policy Bureau, Financial Services Agency

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  Ryuichi Matsushita

  General Manager

  Global Financial Solution Business Department

  Nomura Research Institute (NRI)