All Deutsche Bank articles
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ArticleDeutsche Bank Trust to pay $583K in Ukraine sanctions settlements
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas has reached a pair of settlements with the Office of Foreign Assets Control totaling $583,100 for apparent violations of Ukraine-related sanctions.
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What the Wirecard story tells us about red flags, healthy skepticism
How we came to learn about the fraud allegedly perpetrated by Wirecard offers important lessons in compliance and corporate governance, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
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Firms must apply contact tracing rules to bank relationships
In order to prevent debacles like the one Deutsche Bank is embroiled in, there is a need to combine the processes of “know your employee” and “know your customer,” writes Martin Woods.
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Analysis: When clean money is used for dirty purposes
There are times when it is a necessary to consider where clean money is going to as much as where dirty money may have come from, writes financial crime expert Martin Woods.
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Kudos to TikTok, tech brethren; Starbucks & Luckin have us soured on coffee cos.
In the inaugural edition of our weekly “Nailed It or Failed It?” feature, we give TikTok and other tech companies a pat on the back and shake our heads at the actions of Starbucks and Luckin Coffee.
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Deutsche Bank rightly paying the price for looking the other way on Epstein
In terms of Know Your Customer, Deutsche Bank knew what it had with Jeffrey Epstein. It just didn’t care enough to do anything about it.
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Deutsche dinged $150M for compliance failures related, in part, to Jeffrey Epstein
Deutsche Bank will pay $150 million in penalties under a consent order with New York State for “significant compliance failures” regarding, in part, its former relationship with accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Deutsche to pay $10.3M for swap data reporting, spoofing practices
Deutsche Bank will pay a total of $10.3 million to resolve two separate CFTC settlements: one for alleged violations of various swap data reporting and other regulatory violations and the other for spoofing practices by two of its traders.
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Deutsche Bank goes internal with general counsel replacement
Deutsche Bank announced Karen Kuder has been appointed general counsel and global head of its legal department. The move comes roughly a week after the bank mutually parted ways with former General Counsel Florian Drinhausen.
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Deutsche Bank, general counsel mutually part
Deutsche Bank announced General Counsel Florian Drinhausen will leave the company on May 31 by mutual agreement. The bank will decide on a successor at the position in the near future.
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Top ethics and compliance failures of 2019
From antitrust and privacy concerns in the tech world to compliance officer liability in the pharmaceutical industry to unethical practices in the banking and accounting professions, more than a dozen companies made Compliance Week’s list of the biggest compliance fails in 2019.
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Time to reassess the meaning of ‘compliance’
Deutsche Bank is just the latest scandal-plagued bank to make headlines, once again, for ignoring sound compliance advice. Maybe it’s time to eliminate the entire concept of compliance altogether, writes an exasperated Jaclyn Jaeger.
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Deutsche Bank to pay $16M in FCPA case over hiring practices
Deutsche Bank has become the latest financial institution to pay a penalty for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over questionable hiring practices, showcasing a litany of compliance failures.
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Epstein lesson: Ignored compliance advice a red flag
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal serves up a cautionary lesson for those who work for companies that put profits over ethics.
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McHenry pushes for financial services hearings, Deutsche Bank records
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, has announced a series of hearings he wants before the Committee. He is also escalating document demands from scandal-plagued Deutsche Bank.
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Deutsche Bank offers more details on Panama Papers raid
Deutsche Bank has provided more details on a two-day raid, in which German prosecutors searched several Deutsche Bank offices, in connection with the Panama Papers. The case also imparts some important compliance lessons.
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Deutsche Bank latest to come under fire for lax AML controls
Deutsche Bank has become the fourth bank in the past month to get into regulatory trouble for having lax anti-money laundering controls in place, joining Danske Bank, ING, and Credit Suisse.
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SEC: Deutsche Bank to pay $75M for improper handling of ADRs
The Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20 announced that two U.S.-based subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG will pay nearly $75 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts.
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Deutsche Bank fined $205M for ‘unsound’ conduct in Forex trading business
The New York State Department of Financial Services has fined Deutsche Bank $205 million as part of a consent order for violations of New York banking law in its Forex trading business.
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SFO: Ex-Deutsche Bank trader pleads guilty over EURIBOR manipulation
The Serious Fraud Office announced that an ex-Deutsche Bank trader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud in connection with its ongoing investigation into the manipulation of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR).
