The UK’s financial services supervisor wants to scrap “nominal” regulatory thresholds to make compliance costs “proportionate” and prevent more financial firms from falling under rules simply because they have grown in size rather than risk.
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Posted inBanking
CFPB targets debanking practices after OCC report
After an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency report found the nine largest national banks maintained debanking policies, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking action against them in one of its few moves under the current Trump administration.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Former Wamco co-chief investment officer would pay $3M to resolve allegations of cherry-picking
Stephen Kenneth Leech II, a former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management Company (Wamco), has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations he steered hundreds of millions to certain portfolios.
Posted inAML
American Express hit with $350M penalty for lax BSA/AML compliance program
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (FRB) each took enforcement action against American Express for deficiencies in its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance program.
Posted inBanking
EU banking regulator issues new TPRM guidelines for large banks, FS firms
The European Union’s key banking regulator has issued guidelines to help large banks manage the risk of disruption if an important IT provider has an outage or a third party cannot continue to supply critical services.
Posted inAML
Vietnam’s AML rules require banks to trace owners beyond its borders
Vietnam has introduced temporary measures to strengthen its anti-money laundering framework. It requires financial institutions to collect and clarify how they identify beneficial owners.
Posted inSanctions
Data leak reveals Russian fintech providing sanctions-evasion-as-a-service to launder payments via global banks
Billions of dollars have been laundered through big-name global banks by the Russian A7 payments fintech.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
OTC Link pays $575,000 to SEC to settle alleged compliance failures
Broker-dealer OTC Link LLC has agreed to pay $575,000 to settle allegations that it repeatedly failed to create and enforce compliance policies and procedures for one of its trading platforms, which handles over-the-counter stocks, the SEC announced.
Posted inTop Stories
SEC’s Woodcock: Enforcement division aims to aggressively enforce fraud
The SEC’s overarching priority is to “get back to basics,” David Woodcock, the commission’s director of the Division of Enforcement, said.
Posted inRegulatory Policy
FCA expands non-financial misconduct rules to 37,000 more firms
Financial firms can now face regulatory action for bullying, harassment, and acts of violence under rules that have come into effect in the United Kingdom to counter sexism, misogyny, and poor corporate culture in the workplace. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules regarding non-financial misconduct (NFM) have been extended so that they not only apply […]