Money Laundering

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FCA firms about common failings we have found in firms’ financial crime controls

We have today warned firms about common failings we have found in firms’ financial crime controls.

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Landsbankinn in Iceland connects to Swift's Transaction Screening Service

Norwegian software vendor Commercial Banking Applications AS (CBA), today announced that Landsbankinn in Iceland is benefitting from the seamless integration of Swift’s Transaction Screening Service (TSS) with CBA’s IBAS GBF - Global Banking Factory – which the bank uses to run its banking operations in payments and trade finance.

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Unit21 launches AI-powered tools for AML and fraud analysts

Unit21, a leading provider in Fraud and AML solutions, today unveiled its new AI-powered features at Fintech Meetup.

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Paytm Business Bank fined on money laundering charges

Paytm's banking business has been fined 55 million rupees (about $663,000) by an Indian regulator on money laundering charges.

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NextGen Nordics 2024: 40+ banks registered to attend

NextGen Nordics returns to Stockholm on 23rd April, and at seven weeks away from the event day, 200 attendees have already registered.

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BBVA's Anna Di Censo joins Wirex

Wirex, a leading digital payment platform, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Anna Di Censo, a distinguished tier-1 talent from the traditional banking sector, as the new Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Italy.

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Themis launches AI-powered bot on AML platform

Themis continues to lead in applying innovative technology to the fight against financial crime, with the launch of a cutting-edge, AI-powered chatbot integration for its AML/KYC Platform.

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AU10TIX launches KYB tech

AU10TIX, a global technology leader in identity verification and management, today launched an innovative Know Your Business (KYB) solution that enables companies to know exactly who they are doing business with and avoid potential financial and reputational losses.

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Frankfurt wins race to host new EU anti-money laundering agency

Frankfurt has won the race to host the EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), beating out competition from eight other cities, including Dublin, Madrid and Paris.

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IDnow joins consortium aimed at making crypto assets compliant with new EU regulations

IDnow, a leading identity verification platform provider in Europe, joins a consortium of five partners including the IOTA Foundation, walt.id, SPYCE.5, and Bloom Labs with the goal of making Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASPs) and self-hosted wallets compliant with the European Anti-Money-Laundering Regulation and the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR).

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MEPs nod through ten second instant transfer rules

The European Parliament has adopted new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive within ten seconds into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU.

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Salv awarded licence to operate as a ‘Closed Service KYC Utility’ service provider.

Leading European Regulatory Technology (RegTech) scale-up Salv has broken new ground by becoming the first technology firm in Europe to secure a regulator-awarded licence to operate as a ‘Closed Service KYC Utility’ service provider.

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Napier Continuum for AML compliance now available as plug-and-play hosted service or headless API

Napier, the London-based global financial crime compliance RegTech, is pleased to announce that its award-winning Anti Money Laundering (AML) platform, Napier Continuum is now available through two new service offerings: Napier Continuum Live and Napier Continuum Flow. These new solutions deliver Napier’s experience in helping financial institutions transform their AML solutions with a compliance-first focus.

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BaFin increases focus on IT outsourcing risks

Cybersecurity and the outsourcing of IT services are among the greatest risks to the financial sector, warns a new report from German regulator BaFin.

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Hawk AI hires HSBC vet Shearer

German RegTech Hawk AI has brought in HSBC compliance veteran Michael Shearer as chief solution officer.

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G20 faster payments roadmap could boost financial crime - report

The G20's plan to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive could increase fraud and money laundering, warns a new report.

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Finextra's top impact study reports of 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded impact study reports over the course of the past year. Our impact study reports are how-to, best practice guides that support those in the financial industry in their utilisation and optimisation of particular technologies, as well as providing an outlook at future trends to watch.

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Napier and KYC Portal CLM team on AML compliance

Napier, the London-based intelligent compliance technology company, and KYC Portal CLM (KYCP), a client lifecycle management platform, are pleased to announce their partnership to provide financial institutions an end-to-end compliance solution.

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Denmark phases out old banknotes as cash usage declines

Denmark is withdrawing older banknotes from circulation because few people recognise them and feel confident about receiving them. In addition, the country is ditching its largest denomination note, the 1000-krone, citing lack of usage and money laundering concerns.

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SEB rolls out Blacksmith KYC platform

Blacksmith KYC and the leading Nordic corporate bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) are pleased to announce that SEB is implementing Blacksmith’s KYC platform to automate and improve its data collection for financial institutions KYC. SEB and Blacksmith KYC embarked on a KYC improvement journey together one year ago.