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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

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As Standard Chartered noted to BuzzFeed in the wake of the FinCEN files report: "In 2019 we monitored more than 1.2 Drill down a bit, and as noted by PYMNTS, the efforts to track and catch the bad guys is akin to playing a game of whack-a-mole.

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Credit Unions Doing Cyber-Battle

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million individual and business members in 2019. They were not alone in 2019, a year when cybertheft records were set. The February 2020 The Credit Union Tracker ® notes that many CUs already utilize the Automated Cybersecurity Examination Tool provided by the National Credit Union Administration ( NCUA ).

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Deep Dive: Credit Unions Work To Keep Members’ Data Private

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million-member Desjardins Credit Union, fell victim to one in June 2019. Many are leveraging the Automated Cybersecurity Examination Tool, developed by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), to bridge this gap. The NCUA will collect data from these areas, which it will then leverage to establish data nationwide standards.

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Credit Unions Unite Behind Digital Banking

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The PYMNTS December 2019 Credit Union Tracker looks at the changing topography of the CU space, as digital transformation challenges the “all for one, one for all” mentality that has undergirded their business model since the 1800s. percent in Q3 2019, which is a concern for the entire sector. Digital Unison.

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Deep Dive: Why CU-Issued Credit Cards Face An Uphill Battle

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billion in credit card debt as of March 2019, according to the U.S. Roosevelt in 1934, gave the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) the authority to set maximum credit union interest rates. Approximately 60 percent of credit unions — 92.7 percent of all CU members — currently offer some sort of credit card.