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

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Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) show that several of the largest global banks moved money on behalf of scores of individuals and enterprises involved in criminal financial activity. Banks, it should be noted, have paid hefty fines for past violations and for issues tied to controls and reporting.

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Ex-US Bank Risk Officer Fined For AML Failure

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Bank $185 million for numerous offenses, including “willfully violating” BSA mandates for having an anti-money laundering (AML) procedure. The bank had also neglected to submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) on time. Department of Justice (DOJ) to penalize U.S. The OCC also warned U.S.

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AI Spotlight: FICO’s Machine Learning Facilitates AML

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In their innocent incompetence to identify clear red flags about Madoff’s returns and file a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR), JP Morgan’s was fined $1.7 This tool demonstrates AI’s transformative benefits in anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection. billion in 2014.

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Cognitive Analytics for AML – Making SARs Count

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is to the existing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) regime. Among the key provisions is addressing the increasing burden on financial institutions required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and the enormous amount of data flowing to Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

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The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Let’s get started.

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FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering

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FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering. New AML scores reduce false positive alerts by 50% while detecting 100% of known money laundering transactions, and discover new aberrant, potentially risky behaviors. AML Threat Score: Reducing False Positives Amid Defensive SAR Filings.

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

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The data that casinos have the power to feed into the system under Banking Secrecy Act reporting requirements in the form of suspicious activity reports (SARS), he noted, not only has the power to keep the work of legal gambling a transparent and compliant place.

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