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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. In one example, reported on Monday (Sept. billion in fines.

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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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According to a statement from FinCEN , Capital One admitted to failing to implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program. In determining the $390 million penalty, FinCEN said it considered Capital One’s cooperation with its investigation as well as its investments in its AML program over the past several years.

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Machine Learning for AML Gives Pros “Superhuman” Powers

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Many anti-money laundering (AML) operations work hard to show that they are in compliance with rules and regulations, and struggle to maintain appropriate staff levels to work all the alerts. Machine learning for AML is dramatically improving the efficacy of compliance operations, today. Transactions may also be auto-actioned.

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AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering

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One of the places where AI can make a huge difference today is in anti-money laundering (AML). FICO has incorporated AI technology in our FICO® TONBELLER® AML solutions ; FICO’s Chief Analytics Officer, Dr. Scott Zoldi , recently articulated a number of AI’s important benefits to customers attending the FICO TONBELLER User Group.

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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. The OCC also warned U.S.

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What’s happening with the FCA and AML?

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With the change in the anti-money laundering (AML) supervisory approach of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), many firms are nervous about whether they will face FCA scrutiny and what to expect if they do. He has shared his insight and experience to assist firms with the changes to the FCA’s approach to AML supervision. No problem.

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RPA for AML and KYC – Automate Financial Crime Investigations

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In my Financial Crimes Predictions 2021: More AI & Ransomware post , I talked about how banks will move to operationalize their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance programs to achieve greater efficiencies and how robotic process automation (RPA) adoption will drive the paradigm shift. Automated Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) e-filing.