Financial institutions have been hit with $10.4 billion in global fines and penalties related to anti-money laundering (AML), know your customer (KYC), data privacy, and MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) regulations in 2020, bringing the total to $46.4 billion for those types of breaches since 2008.
That’s according to analysis conducted by Fenergo, a provider of client onboarding lifecycle management software for the financial services industry. The report, covering up to its release date Dec. 9, says there has been 198 fines against financial institutions for AML, KYC, data privacy, and MiFID deficiencies, representing a 141 percent increase since 2019.
