Money Laundering

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/regulation

Railsr unit faces Lithuanian investigation into money laundering failures

A subsidiary of embedded banking platform Railsr is being investigated by the Bank of Lithuania over concerns it has been "grossly and systematically" violating money laundering and terrorist financing laws.

/identity

Plaid rolls out identity and KYC integration in Canada

Plaid has announced it will enable its identity verification and KYC solutions in Canada, to help users comply with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) requirements.

/startups

Client onboarding outfit Sikoia raises $6m

Sikoia, a London-based unified data platform designed to simplify client onboarding and risk evaluation, has raised $6 million in seed funding.

/regulation

FCA and police join forces to crack down on crypto ATMs

The FCA has joined forces with West Yorkshire Police to shut down illegally-operated crypto ATMs in Leeds.

/regulation

Central Bank of Ireland warns payment firms about governance deficiencies

Ireland's central bank has fired a shot across the bows of payment and e-money firms after finding "significant deficiencies" in the governance, risk management and control frameworks of some in the sector.

/regulation

Dutch central bank fines Coinbase €3.3m

Coinbase has been fined €3.33 million for providing crypto services in the Netherlands without securing registration with the country's central bank.

/crime

Regtech Salv raises €4m

Salv, a regtech startup startup founded by a gaggle of former Wise and Skype staffers, has raised €4 million in a seed round extension led by ffVC and joined by G+D Ventures.

/startups

Sandbar raises $4.8m for transaction monitoring software

New York City-based fintech startup Sandbar has launched its anti-money laundering, fraud and counter-terrorism risk detection software off the back of a $4.8 million seed round.

/crypto

US arrests crypto exchange founder

US authorities have charged the Russian founder of Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitzlato, which it says was used to launder hundreds of millions of dollars in criminal proceeds from the darknet.

/startups

Penta co-founder raises €3 million for Swiss banking startup

Relio, a Swiss SME banking startup founded by Lav Odorovic, the co-founder of German digital bank Penta, has raised €3 million.

/crypto

New York regulator hits Coinbase with $50m fine

Coinbase will pay a $50 million penalty and invest another $50 million in its compliance programme to settle a New York State regulatory investigation into its anti-money laundering practices.

/crime

Santander UK fined £107.7m for repeated AML failures

The FCA has fined Santander UK Plc £107,793,300 after it found gaps in its anti-money laundering controls, affecting its business banking customers.

/regulation

Big names back new Canadian fintech association

Mastercard, Square and Wise are among the members of a new not-for-profit group pushing for a "whole-of-government" approach to supporting Canada's fintech ecosystem.

/crime

Featurespace scores funding to develop money laundering AI prototype

Featurespace has secured funding from UK and US governments to develop a prototype privacy-enhancing artificial intelligence system to help banks and payments service providers (PSPs) detect financial crime.

/regulation

Bunq wins AML case against Dutch Central Bank

Dutch challenger bank Bunq has hailed a "landmark" verdict in the Dutch courts over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for anti-money laundering processes.

/crypto

EBA goes to tender for crypto and blockchain data management platform

The European Banking Authority has put out a call for tender for blockchain analytics services and crypto-assets market data.

/regulation

Revolut under pressure over internal audit

Online bank Revolut is facing more questions over its internal controls after it was criticised by a UK regulator for the unacceptably high risk of "material misstatement" in its account auditing.

/regulation

Wise fined by Abu Dhabi watchdog over AML failings

Money transfer firm Wise has been slapped with a $360,000 fine by Abud Dhabi's financial regulator for contravening anti-money laundering rules.

/crypto

Abu Dhabi establishes crypto committee

Abu Dhabi has announced the formation of a government body to develop its strategy for regulating and promoting the world of virtual assets.

/payments

CBDCs could be 'holy grail' of cross-border payments - ECB

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) could be the answer to the thousand-year search for the holy grail of cross-border payments, according to a new paper from the ECB.