Westpac outlines compliance failures that led to AML breaches
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-06-05T16:27:00
An internal report outlining compliance failures by Australia-based financial institution Westpac that led to 23 million breaches of the country’s AML/CTF laws concluded “a mix of technology and human error” were to blame.
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