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ArticleTSB Bank fined $59.2M for governance lapses in botched IT migration
TSB Bank was fined £48.65 million (U.S. $59.2 million) by U.K. regulators after a disastrous IT migration left customers unable to access cash or use online accounts for weeks.
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ArticleCHS Hedging AML controls criticized in $6.5M CFTC action
CHS Hedging, a Minnesota-based futures commission merchant, was fined $6.5 million by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission for AML program gaps and other risk management and recordkeeping failures regarding a ranch owner customer committing fraud.
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ArticleCFPB reaffirms tougher stance with $3.7B Wells Fargo settlement
Wells Fargo will pay a total of $3.7 billion to address “widespread mismanagement” of auto loans, mortgages, and deposit accounts as part of a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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ArticleBNP Paribas names new head of compliance
BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, announced the appointment of Stéphanie Maarek as its new head of compliance. She succeeds Nathalie Hartmann, who held the role since 2017.
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Microsoft recruits sustainability chief from White House
Technology giant Microsoft announced the addition of Melanie Nakagawa as chief sustainability officer. Nakagawa most recently served as special assistant to the president and senior director for climate and energy on the National Security Council at the White House.
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ASX appoints chief compliance officer
The Australian Securities Exchange announced the appointment of Daniel Moran as chief compliance officer, effective Jan. 1, 2023.
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Cureatr adds chief compliance officer
Medication management platform Cureatr announced the hiring of Tracy Tracy as chief compliance officer.
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ArticleJoining the dots between ESG and corruption
A report from Transparency International UK sets out the case for why business integrity and corruption should be considered as core issues in the context of impact environmental, social, and governance investing.
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ArticleNYDFS issues guidance for banks interested in virtual currency
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued guidance outlining guidelines banks and financial institutions must follow to engage in virtual currency activities in the state.
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ArticleHoneywell to pay $203M over bribery claims in Brazil, Algeria
Honeywell International agreed to pay $202.7 million to settle charges it paid bribes to obtain contracts with government entities in Brazil and Algeria in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
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ArticleEpic Games to pay $520M over COPPA, trick purchase charges
Epic Games, developer of the popular video game Fortnite, agreed to pay a record-breaking $520 million in penalties and restitution to settle allegations it violated online child privacy laws and employed illegal purchase patterns.
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ArticleAbanca fined $3.3M for missing 2-hour breach reporting deadline
The European Central Bank fined Spanish bank Abanca €3.145 million (U.S. $3.3 million) after it “knowingly failed” to report a major cyber breach within the prescribed two-hour time limit.
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ArticleFed rule sets SOFR as LIBOR replacement
The Federal Reserve Board adopted a rule that will officially set the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as the benchmark rate in financial contracts that reference the expiring London Interbank Offered Rate.
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ArticleDeutsche Bank efforts to meet BaFin order reflective of EU’s AML struggles
Deutsche Bank said it is about “two-thirds” of the way toward meeting Germany’s financial regulator’s demands for tighter controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing—an area of weakness many banks across the European Union are confronting.
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ArticleSEC, DOJ charge traders with fraud in $47M front-running scheme
An equity trader was charged with unlawfully disclosing inside, nonpublic information about upcoming trades to a retired professional trader, resulting in $47 million in illegal gains.
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ArticleFinCEN proposes restricted access to beneficial ownership registry
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released a notice of proposed rulemaking that outlines what agencies and entities should be allowed to access the beneficial ownership registry that is in the works.
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ArticlePCAOB announces ‘complete access’ to audit papers of Chinese firms
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced it received “complete access to inspect and investigate” audit firms in China and Hong Kong, potentially averting the delisting of hundreds of Chinese public companies from U.S. exchanges.
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ArticleDOJ, SEC extend Ericsson compliance monitorship one year
Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson agreed with U.S. authorities on a one-year extension of its independent compliance monitorship after a second breach of its obligations under a deferred prosecution agreement earlier this year.
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ArticleSEC proposes sweeping changes to process for selling securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a series of rules that would change the way securities are sold in U.S. markets and create new disclosures for broker-dealers and others seeking to trade securities on behalf of retail investors.
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ArticleSEC accuses J.H. Darbie of violating AML rules
New York-based brokerage firm J.H. Darbie & Co. was charged with violations of anti-money laundering provisions of federal securities laws by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to report suspicious activity regarding penny stock transactions.