Back to the drawing board on transaction monitoring
By 
Martin Woods2020-10-13T20:21:00
In the wake of the “FinCEN Files” leaks, Martin Woods examines whether monitoring text rather than numbers in transactions could serve as a solution to our greater anti-money laundering woes.
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