Safeguarding human rights in European financial regulation
Amsterdam, February 22, 2025 – Human Rights in Finance.EU (HRIF.EU) has today issued an open letter and briefing note, advising EU financial institutions to re-assess their reliance on U.S.-based service … Read more
At Human Rights in Finance.EU (HRIF.EU), we believe that the financial system must serve people and societies, not the other way around. Financial institutions, regulators, and policymakers have a profound … Read more
Reuters reports that The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, introducing sanctions targeting individuals involved in prosecuting U.S. or allied nationals, including Israeli leaders. These … Read more
The year 2024 marked the first full year of activity for HRIF.EU. In February 2024, we opened a bank account, conducted various transactions monitored by five joint banks and Transaction … Read more
These are the 5 Reasons why the Travel Rule Violates Fundamental Rights ! Over on Medium, our chairman Simon Lelieveldt, has published an article which outlines why the so-called Travel … Read more
HRIF.EU success: Banks stop unlawful transaction monitoring at TMNL! While in the press the involved banks present the decision as an autonomous decision based on EU law, the professional community … Read more
Comments of Human Rights in Finance.EU on the proposed revisions to R.16/INR.16 – Revoke ASAP ! We provided fundamental feedback (doc here) on the FATF consultation on one of their … Read more
HRIF.EU is urging DNB to halt Transactie Monitoring Nederland immediately. This call to DNB – the Dutch Central Bank – stems from its role as the enforcer of anti-money laundering … Read more
Mini-course: No one (!) has to comply and can be fined when refusing to infringe Human Rights through ‘lawful’ AML-KYC-Sanction rules. Welcome Hi there, welcome to our minicourse. I am … Read more
Human Rights in Finance.EU (HRIF.EU) this week requested bank-owned company ‘Transactie Monitoring Nederland’ (TMNL) to cease processing transactions on behalf of five major banks and to discard all associated data. … Read more