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New York’s Apple Bank For Savings Slapped With $12.5 Million AML Fine

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million fine for violating anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Feb. Apple Bank for Savings was accused of failing to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) per WSJ.

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What Regulatory Challenges Should Banks and Fintechs be Aware of When Leveraging BaaS?

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. “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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BSA Officials At FIs Targeted By Phishing Campaign

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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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Regulators Detail Banking Rules For Hemp Firms

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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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Can Comic Books Boost Compliance And AML Efforts?

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Under the guise of ID Man and his sidekick, The Compliance Kid, the duo work together to fight crime and stamp out money laundering.” The idea is to foster strength in the battle against “illicit financial activity” as banks satisfy various mandates tied to anti-money laundering (AML) initiatives and the Bank Secrecy Act.

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Taking On Financial Crime With Tech, CCOs Must Abandon Fear

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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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BEC Targets BSA Officials At Credit Unions

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Department of the Treasury ’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has known about the BEC, and has cautioned against opening such phishing emails. The emails asked those targeted officials to review a PDF that, in turn, linked them to malicious sites. As reported, the U.S.

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