UK Finance responds to FATF money laundering report

Responding to the Financial Action Task Force?s evaluation report on the UK?s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Stephen Jones, Chief Executive of UK Finance, commented:

Responding to the Financial Action Task Force's evaluation report on the UK's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Stephen Jones, Chief Executive of UK Finance, commented:

Responding to the Financial Action Task Force's evaluation report on the UK's measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, Stephen Jones, Chief Executive of UK Finance, commented:

The UK should always strive to be the safest and most transparent place for financial services firms to do business.

This evaluation report clearly recognises the UK's role as a global leader in the fight against money laundering, which is underpinned by innovative public private partnerships such as the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce.

Banks already spend £5 billion a year tackling economic crime, but there is always more to be done. That is why the finance industry strongly supports building upon the public private partnership work with government and law enforcement to promote even more effective collaboration in the fight against crime.