A group of European Parliament members will soon weigh in on whether lawmakers should create an EU-wide police force and more closely cooperate on border security to stem financial crime, according to Bill Newton Dunn, a British lawmaker.
Payments rules designed to make it faster and cheaper to wire money between EU member states are also complicating the due diligence efforts of bank compliance officers, say analysts.
A measure that standardizes rules for electronic payment services across the European Union will boost competition among money services businesses, banks and other financial institutions, MSB professionals say.