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The Master's Degree in Banking and Financial Regulation of the University of Navarra hosted last Friday 14th December the workshop 'Anti-Money Laundering Challenges and Trends'. A workshop where the main challenges faced by banks in the fight against money laundering were discussed.

During the sessions, in which experts from the Spanish and European banking sector participated, the singularities of the different models implemented at international level to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism were explained. In this workshop the new global challenges and opportunities in this area subject, particularly those arising from new technologies, were analyzed.

In his speech, the Dean of the School of Economics Ignacio Ferrero assured that "money laundering and the financing of terrorism are financial crimes with severe economic consequences, in which society needs the financial aid of the banks to achieve a significant decrease in the levels of corruption. Banks provide a great public service in this subject at no cost to society".

The Master's Degree in Banking and Financial Regulation of the School of Economics was launched in 2010 and counts with the partnership of the main financial institutions. This Master's Degree, which is taught at the headquarters of the University of Navarra in Madrid, seeks to train professionals in the areas core topic of the global financial sector.