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Experts warn U.K. money laundering cases to ‘significantly increase’

2024-09-06T12:00:00+01:00By

The U.K. has an ongoing problem with money laundering, but recent changes to economic crime law and corporate registration requirements could bring more cases to court, according to consultancy KPMG.

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Strengthening BSA/AML defenses: Critical role of ERTs in modern day compliance

2024-09-04T14:15:00+01:00By Ruchi Kumar, CW guest columnist

Enforcement actions in the first half of of 2024 by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network highlight the importance of proactive measures in Bank Secrecy Act compliance rather than just being compliant.

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Fed's new capital requirement latest fallout from 2023 banking failures

2024-09-03T15:47:00+01:00By

The Federal Reserve Board will require more than 30 of country’s largest banks to maintain a minimum percentage of capital in reserve, a percentage which the Fed calculated based on their complexity and whether they are considered a global systemically important bank.

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Ian Sherr joins Compliance Week as its new editor-in-chief

2024-09-03T13:47:00+01:00By

New Compliance Week Editor-In-Chief Ian Sherr shares his thoughts on where compliance is headed as businesses meet the realities of not just following the rules, but staying ahead of the pace of regulatory change at a global scale. 

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Raymond James to pay $1.9M over failing to supervise mutual fund transactions

2024-08-30T20:02:00+01:00By

Raymond James & Associates and its subsidiary agreed to pay more than $1.9 million to settle allegations levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that it didn’t have an effective system to handle customer complaints, along with millions of direct mutual fund transactions not reasonably being supervised.

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Bank of America unit reaches $3M settlement with FINRA over surveillance lapses

2024-08-30T15:44:00+01:00By

A subsidiary of Bank of America agreed to pay $3 million and take remedial measures to resolve allegations that its surveillance system didn’t detect manipulative trading, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said.

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Nordea Bank to pay $35M to resolve NYDFS probe into AML shortcomings

2024-08-28T17:41:00+01:00By

Finland-based Nordea Bank will pay $35 million to resolve an investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) into “significant compliance failures” in its anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act program.

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Banks avoid penalties in OCC deals, agree to shore up AML/BSA, board oversight

2024-08-23T18:09:00+01:00By

Among the enforcement actions issued by the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in August, two banks were separately penalized for deficiencies in anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance and board oversight.