Capital One fined $390M for ‘egregious’ AML compliance failures
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-19T17:59:00
Capital One will pay a $390 million civil penalty for compliance failures regarding banking services offered to its check cashing group, which—according to FinCEN—had a reputation for money-laundering risks.
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