Latest Money Laundering News: Finextra Research

Swift gpi transferred $77 trillion in 2019

Almost doubling the $40 trillion transferred in 2018, Swift’s transmission of $77 trillion in cross-border payments messages over the gpi platform during 2019 implies that demand for the programme is becoming entrenched in the bank-to-bank space.

18 February 2020

News/crypto

Wells Fargo invests in crypto monitoring firm Elliptic

Wells Fargo has invested $5 million in Elliptic, a London-based cryptocurrency surveillance technology provider.

13 February 2020

News/regulation

ABN Amro joins $80m Fenergo funding round

ABN Amro has joined an $80 million funding round for Fenergo which values the Dublin-based fintech firm at about $800 million.

12 February 2020

Company update/crime

Westpac faces US class action suit over financial crime disclosure

Westpac today confirmed that Rosen Law Firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Westpac on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Westpac between 11 November 2015 and 19 November 2019 inclusive.

03 February 2020

News/regulation

FS firms hit with $36bn in AML, KYC and sanctions fines since financial crisis

Financial services firms have been hit with a total of $36 billion in fines since the financial crisis for non-compliance with anti-money laundering, know your customer and sanctions regulations around the world.

29 January 2020

Research/Money Laundering

The Future of Cybersecurity: 2020 Predictions

28 January 2020 721 downloads

News/crime

AML penalties skyrocket during 2019, doubling 2018 figures

A record number of AML-related fines were issued globally in 2019, totalling £6.2 billion in financial penalties at an average of $145.33 million per fine.

20 January 2020

Company update/crime

ComplyAdvantage names former Oanda president Vatsa Narasimha as COO and CFO

ComplyAdvantage, the regtech company transforming the compliance industry through data science and machine learning to neutralize the risk of financial crimes, today announced the appointment of Vatsa Narasimha as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

20 January 2020

Company update/crime

Fiserv provides AML tech to DoIEx

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that DolEx Dollar Express, Inc. and its affiliate, Europhil, will enhance their anti-money laundering (AML) processes with technology from Fiserv.

16 January 2020

Company update/regulation

Gateway selects Know Your Customer for digital onboarding

Gateway Private Markets (HK) Limited ("Gateway"), specialists in direct secondary investments in the world’s foremost growth and late-stage private technology companies, has selected award-winning RegTech provider Know Your Customer to deliver seamless digital onboarding to its clients.

16 January 2020

News/regulation

RBI paves the way for remote customer onboarding

Indian banks and fintech startups have been given the go-ahead to use video calls to complete KYC compliance checks, following a ruling by the country's central bank.

10 January 2020

Research/Money Laundering

Avoiding Improvisation: A 3-Step Guide to Harmonising Electronic Identity Verification

08 January 2020 315 downloads

Company update/regulation

EastWest Banking Corporation selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Risk Management

EastWest Banking Corporation (EastWest) is the latest firm to select Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Risk Management to manage its Market Risk and Asset and Liability Management (ALM) requirements.

19 December 2019

Company update/Money Laundering

Dubai regulators fine and ban Deutsche Bank compliance officer

The Financial Markets Tribunal (FMT), a specialist independent tribunal, has affirmed a decision by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to fine Ms Anna Waterhouse and restrict her from being involved in providing financial services in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

19 December 2019

Company update/crime

RDC and Monzo expand anti-money laundering partnership for bank’s US launch

RDC (Regulatory DataCorp) has renewed its agreement with Monzo, the UK’s fastest-growing bank, in a deal that will see the company’s next-generation customer screening technology extended to cover the bank’s US launch.

18 December 2019

Company update/crime

Encompass and Pega team for streamlined KYC

Encompass Corporation, a fast-growing provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, today announces a partnership with Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA), the software company empowering digital transformation at the world's leading enterprises.

10 December 2019

Research/Money Laundering

How to Protect and Grow in the Fintech Industry

09 December 2019 425 downloads

News/crypto

EU fires Libra warning

In the latest shot across the bow of Facebook's Libra project, European authorities are warning that no global stablecoin systems will be allowed to operate in the EU until legal, regulatory and oversight issues have been addressed.

06 December 2019

News/regulation

Ex-TransferWise staffers raise $2m for AML startup

Salv, an anti-money laundering (AML) startup founded by a gaggle of former TransferWise staffers, has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Fly Ventures.

03 December 2019

Company update/regulation

PwC and Fenergo partner to streamline KYC compliance

Professional services firm PwC has joined up with leading provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions Fenergo to “do KYC differently”.

03 December 2019