USAA fined $140M for AML compliance failures
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Jaclyn Jaeger2022-03-18T11:30:00
USAA Federal Savings Bank must pay $140 million as part of consent orders reached with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its failures maintaining its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance program.
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