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FinCEN Issues Warning About COVID-19 Vaccine Scams, Cyberattacks

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FinCEN also emphasized the importance of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) as being critical to identifying and stopping cybercrime in “conjunction with effective implementation of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance requirements.”. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use.

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

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It also said the bank’s Check Cashing Group admitted that it failed to file thousands of suspicious activity reports (SARs) as well as thousands of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from 2008 to 2014. financial system.”.

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Cracking the Code of White-Collar Crime with Sumsub

Fintech News

Fintech’s guardian against financial crime The pressing issue in the war against financial crime is the balance between the cost of compliance and the effectiveness of these measures.

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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). Non-compliance can have major implications.

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Using AI to Streamline Compliance Processes: The Future or Could Too Much go Wrong?

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This month, The Fintech Times will look at some of the biggest issues regarding compliance and financial rules, as well as the solutions hoping to ease the compliance journey for firms and make the fintech world fairer and safer.

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NICE Actimize Launches AI Tools for Streamlined Financial Crime Reporting

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NICE Actimize introduces three advanced generative AI-based solutions aimed at combating financial crime and streamlining investigations and reporting processes. “Generative AI is a powerful tool in fighting financial crime,” said Craig Costigan , CEO, NICE Actimize.

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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. As Standard Chartered noted to BuzzFeed in the wake of the FinCEN files report: "In 2019 we monitored more than 1.2

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