PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has announced Michael Mosier as its new digital innovation officer and deputy director. Blanco, FinCEN director, said in the announcement, “I am thrilled to have Michael assume this central role on our leadership team.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

CSI) is partnering with Featurespace to advance a new cybercrime solution to fight money laundering. Based in Spain, Featurespace offers “enterprise financial crime prevention for fraud and anti-money laundering,” per the announcement. . Computer Services, Inc.

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FICO

MARCH 24, 2021

In part 1 of the series on trade-based money laundering (TBML) , we established a definition of the term, explored some recent studies and highlighted some typical techniques employed by the criminals. must report potentially suspicious activity (including trade-related transactions) to FinCEN. Financial institutions in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Blanco , director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ), said banks need to be wary of risks with cryptocurrency, according to remarks planned to be given at the ACAMS AML (anti-money laundering) virtual conference on Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Cooperation in an environment that is rapidly advancing on many technological fronts was the theme when FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco took to the stage at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference yesterday (August 13). and around the world. This includes offering sports betting through a mobile app.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

Three weeks after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance to financial institutions (FIs) on COVID-19, the division of the U.S. FinCEN said it expects FIs to continue following a so-called risk-based approach to adhere to the BSA obligations. FinCEN said the former executive at U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Governments around the world have a new front in their fight against money laundering: real estate. Money laundering through real estate is about $1.6 Unger told Mansion Global that the real estate industry needs to be on the outlook for real estate money laundering.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth A. 24), to talk about digital identity today, how safe it is and what the agency is doing to protect it against financial crimes, according to prepared remarks. . One of the biggest problems, Blanco said, is account takeover. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Jamal El-Hindi, the deputy director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the 2019 Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference on Wednesday (Sept. El-Hindi made it clear that he doesn’t want to sacrifice innovation in pursuing anti-money laundering (AML) and other anti-illicit policies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

As quoted by Reuters, she termed the cryptocurrency a “highly speculative asset, which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money laundering activity.” She went on to say that “there has to be regulation. This has to be applied and agreed upon. Treasury Department, through the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Bank was slapped with a $185 million civil penalty for what the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the U.S. According to a press release, FinCEN said the obligation will be satisfied by a $70 million payment from U.S. Banks in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) uncovered government documents on how giant financial institutions (FIs) move trillions of dollars in suspicious transactions, padding their bottom lines, while terrorists, drug dealers and corrupt politicians are allowed to run free. . FinCEN, a division of the U.S.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

District Court Judge Richard Jones has accepted a guilty plea for money laundering from crypto exchange Binance’s former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). CZ had pleaded guilty to criminal charges for anti-money laundering and violations of U.S. Seattle’s U.S.

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Seon

APRIL 11, 2024

Financial institutions worldwide are continuously evolving their strategies to combat fraud and money laundering, two threats that undermine the potential of our global financial systems. With the United Nations reporting that three to five percent of the global GDP is laundered annually and fraud costs worldwide reaching $5.13

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FICO

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It has also opened new doors for criminals, who have rushed to exploit the uncertainty in a pandemic world and devised new money laundering and terrorist financing schemes by taking advantage of loopholes in the regulations, new ways of working aided by advances in technology, and electronic payment innovations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

Jennifer Shasky Calvery — the Treasury Department’s top anti-money laundering official — has announced her intentions to leave the U.S. “I hope that we have enhanced the agency’s solid foundation so that FinCEN can best perform its mission for years into the future,” Calvery said in a press release. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

In updated rules from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ), the U.S. Treasury Department’s financial crime division, the agency said the new guidance is in response to questions related to Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering regulatory requirements for hemp-related business customers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined Michael LaFontaine, former chief operational risk officer at U.S. Bank , with a $450,000 civil penalty for his negligence in failing to intercept breaches of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), FinCEN announced on Wednesday (March 4). .

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The Paypers

APRIL 22, 2019

(The Paypers) The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has penalised a “peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanger” for breaking anti-money laundering (AML) rules.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has warned FinTech firms that they must abide by anti-money laundering (AML) laws. The expectation is that you will comply with existing regulation,” said Director Kenneth Blanco at a FinTech event, according to American Banker.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s a lot of money being exchanged—and also provides a huge amount of possibility for financial crime. Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. In the U.S., million ($47.3

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 13, 2024

Fenergo has released their annual financial fines analysis, showcasing that penalties for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML), KYC, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), sanctions and customer due diligence (CDD) regulations totalled $6.6billion in 2023, up considerably from $4.2billion in 2022 and $5.4billion in 2021.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth Blanco, said on Friday (Nov. The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth Blanco, said on Friday (Nov. Money laundering with crypto is a growing problem, and it is happening in the billions of dollars.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth Blanco, said on Friday (Nov. The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth Blanco, said on Friday (Nov. Money laundering with crypto is a growing problem, and it is happening in the billions of dollars.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Fagundes, the release stated, has been charged with numerous crimes, including "operation of a financial institution without legal authorization, fraudulent management of a financial institution, misappropriation, and money laundering," along with violating securities laws.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Plus, Jumio is strenghtening its anti-money laundering (AML) functions. Jumio Bolsters Financial Crime Detection Capabilities With Beam’s AML Platform. FinCEN Director Tells Banks To Look Out For Crypto Fraud. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth A. The news follows Jumio’s Sept.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Among those agencies, alphabetically speaking: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the National Credit Union Administration.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Such solutions can “empower people to control their financial well-being,” Andrew Davies, vice president of global market strategy and financial crime risk management at financial services technology company Fiserv , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Even if your products are not covered per FinCEN in the U.S.,

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 8, 2024

. “Do they have a banking licence that means their customers’ money is protected up to a certain level? Or it is an e-money licence where money is safeguarded? How are anti-money laundering regulations adhered to? If the latter, how does this safeguard work?

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Regulators globally are using "tech sprints" to test new anti-money-laundering solutions. More can be done, but it's a good start.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Oracle is introducing new cloud offerings to provide smaller banks with the tools to combat large-scale money laundering schemes, while the Automated Clearing House saw a sizable increase in acidity in Q3. Fed Reserve, FinCEN Seek Input on Bank Secrecy Act Rule Changes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) customer due diligence (CDD) final requirements take effect on May 11. The rules, put forth by FinCEN two years ago, mandate that financial institutions (FIs) adopt more robust customer due diligence procedures.

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Seon

MAY 10, 2024

Money laundering, the process through which criminals hide the origins of illicit funds, undermines global financial systems. Anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives involve laws, regulations and procedures aimed at preventing criminals from masking illegally obtained funds as legitimate income.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The emails were reportedly only sent to certain anti-money laundering (AML) contacts, leading some to question if the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)’s non-public data had been accessed, Krebs On Security reported. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reportedly knows about the emails.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

After further evaluation of the USDA interim final rule, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will issue additional guidance. The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), FinCEN , the OCC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors participated in issuing the definitions and guidelines.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. The FinCEN said UBSFS didn’t develop and use an appropriate anti-money laundering (AML) system to address the risks in accounts from both traditional brokerage and banking services. Department of the Treasury, has assessed a $14.5

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