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How can competition help Jersey become more productive? In a guest blog, Sarah Price, the JCRA’s Chief Operating Officer, explains
Posted on — Categories Economy, Finance, Productivity
Category: Finance
Competition and Productivity
Economy: What has been done for you?
Posted on — Categories Agriculture, Careers, Combatting Financial Crime, Community, Culture, Digital, Economy, Education, Employment, Engagement, Events, Finance, Retail, Sport, Tourism
During the first year of Government, there has been an enormous amount of work undertaken to support Jersey’s economy across every sector. This list shows some of things that have happened so far: For all sectors Arts Digital Financial Services Maritime Rural Sport Visitor
Q&A: Credit reference agencies and access to information
Posted on — Categories Combatting Financial Crime, Community, Consultation, Finance, Information Services, Tags Credit Reference Agencies, People Directory
The below Q&A relates to a Consultation on improving the information made available to credit reference agencies, which can be found here: Credit reference agency access to information (gov.je) Why does Government want to give credit reference agencies access to personal information? Government is proposing to provide UK credit reference agencies (“CRAs”) with information on … Read more Q&A: Credit reference agencies and access to information
RegTech – the future of financial services
Posted on — Categories Digital, Economy, Finance, Tags blockchain, Digital ID, Open Finance, RegTech
Digital ID and emerging areas such as open finance, blockchain analytics, and embedding legal contracts into complex financial products are all in their early stages and pose challenges – but they are the future of financial services. That overall conclusion was reached by the brilliant group of speakers who came over to Jersey for Future … Read more RegTech – the future of financial services
How do you contact Revenue Jersey?
Revenue Jersey is constantly seeking ways to improve our customer service, which is why we’ve made an online Enquiry Form.
Combatting Financial Crime Together: Suspicious Activity Reports
Posted on — Categories Combatting Financial Crime, Economy, Finance, Tags Combatting Financial Crime, SARs, Suspicious Activity Reports
The Jersey Financial Investigation Unit has just published the latest quarterly results of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), giving a detailed overview of the kinds of reports received from the industry. More detailed SARs forms were introduced early last year and, as a result, much more in-depth analysis is possible, including: The information contained in SARs … Read more Combatting Financial Crime Together: Suspicious Activity Reports
Combatting Financial Crime Together: Risk – summary of event held on 28 Sept 2022
Business Risk Assessments are the foundation of any Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) strategy.
Risky (virtual asset) business?
To its supporters cryptocurrency (or virtual assets, aka VAs) is a brave new world, a digital asset that exists across computer networks, outside the control of governments and central authorities, bringing cheaper and faster money transfers for those otherwise excluded from the financial system. To its detractors it is a bubble waiting to burst, or … Read more Risky (virtual asset) business?
Protecting non-profit organisations from criminals and terrorists
While the NPO sector presents medium to low risk of being abused or misused for terrorist financing, the law has been updated with the aim of protecting them from the risk.
Russian sanctions: can you sanction Crypto?
Sanctions imposed by the UK and Jersey against entities and individuals in Russia and Belarus apply to cryptoassets (see the OFSI, FCA and Bank of England Joint statement ). Which leads to the question: When is an asset a cryptoasset? The simple answer – which may not help a great deal – is that there … Read more Russian sanctions: can you sanction Crypto?