Money Laundering

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Nordea charged over Danish money laundering cases

Denmark officially brought charges to Nordea in the country’s biggest money laundering case to date, stating the bank violated the Danish anti-money laundering act several times between 2012 and 2015.

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EBA issues 'travel rule' guidelines

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today new Guidelines on the so-called ‘travel rule’, i.e. the information that should accompany transfers of funds and certain crypto assets. This rule will help tackle the abuse of such transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes.

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First Abu Dhabi Bank bolsters CLM operations with Fenergo

Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announces today that First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has integrated Fenergo’s software-as-a-solution (SaaS) CLM solution to speed up client onboarding and enhance its anti-money laundering (AML) compliance processes.

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Rabobank joins funding round in Hawk

German RegTech Hawk has extended its Series B funding round with an additional investment from Dutch bank Rabobank.

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BDSwiss signs with Trulioo for watchlist screening

Trulioo, an industry-leading identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, today announced a partnership with BDSwiss for Person Match and Watchlist Screening capabilities across EMEA, Asia and the Americas.

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BaFin lifts N26 customer onboarding cap

After more than two years, Germany's financial regulator BaFin has lifted a cap on the number of new customers that digital bank N26 can onboard.

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BaFin fines N26 €9.2m over late money laundering reports

German regulator BaFin has fined N26 €9.2 million for anti-money laundering failures but could be preparing to lift a cap on the number of new customers the digital bank can take on.

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Etops adopts AML and KYC analytics capabilities from Polixis

Etops, a leading Swiss-headquartered WealthTech, announces strategic partnership with Polixis, the leading AML and KYC data provider.

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Canada fines Binance C$6m for AML violations

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been fined C$6 million by Canadian authorities for violating money laundering and terrorist financing laws.

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Wells Fargo says US investigating Zelle complaint handling

Wells Fargo has joined JP Morgan in revealing that US authorities are investigating the handling of complaints about P2P payments service Zelle.

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao gets four month prison term

The founder of crypto exchange Binance, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison in the US after pleading guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements.

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EU expands AML regulation impacting cryptocurrency compliance

The European Parliament has voted to adopt a package of laws to strengthen the EU’s AML and terrorist financing toolkit, with a particular impact on the cryptocurrency industry.

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Swedbank integrates anti-financial crime into group products and advice

In order to further increase Swedbank’s ability to combat financial crime, Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) will be integrated into Group Products and Advice (GPA), effective immediately.

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ComplyAdvantage buys Golden to boost financial crime intelligence

AI-based financial crime detection startup ComplyAdvantage has acquired Golden Recursion in a deal that brings Andreessen Horowitz in as a shareholder.

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Turkish crypto chief starts 11,196-year prison sentence

Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former boss of failed Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has started a lengthy jail sentence after he was found guilty of defrauding investors in a multimillion dollar fraud.

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Singapore launches platform to tackle money laundering

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched a centralised digital platform that lets financial institutions share customer information in order to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing.

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MPE 2024: AI-driven misinformation and consumer education in fraud

In an exclusive interview at Merchant Payments Ecosystem 2024, trust and safety architect at Sift Brittany Allen spokes with Finextra on new challenges in the fraud space, and how the spread of misinformation on social media is a major concern with AI-driven technology.

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SteelEye incorporates in Singapore

SteelEye, the first truly integrated surveillance platform trusted by well over 150 financial firms globally, has strengthened its footprint in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by incorporating in Singapore, enabling closer collaboration with clients and regulatory authorities.

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Wolters Kluwer releases cloud-based AML module for CCH iFirm in the UK

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TAA) U.K. has released an anti-money laundering module (AML) within CCH iFirm, its cloud-based practice management and compliance software platform.