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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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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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APAC Faced the Most Regulatory Fines in H1’24 Reveals Fenergo in Latest Report

The Fintech Times

From a global standpoint, financial regulators levied 80 fines in the first half of 2024, totalling $263,252,003 for non-compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. This includes know your customer (KYC), sanctions, suspicious activity reports (SARs), and transaction monitoring violations.

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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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AML in the Pandemic: Three Success Stories

FICO

In the global fight against money laundering, every bank shares the same top-line challenge and bottom-line reality; anti-money laundering (AML) operations are essential in combatting financial crime—and a costly compliance commitment. For context, here are some refresher facts on the scope of the global AML challenge.

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RPA for AML and KYC – Automate Financial Crime Investigations

FICO

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.

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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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