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News/regulation
The US government has imposed sanctions on 13 fintechs for offering crypto-based services to Russian firms looking to evade the economic restrictions in place since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
26 March 2024
News/people
A Binance executive detained by Nigerian authorities last month has escaped, according to local media reports. Meanwhile, the West African country has charged the cryptocurrency exchange with a host of tax evasion charges.
25 March 2024
News/payments
The US has filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the firm of monopolising the smartphone market through a host of actions, including the blocking of third-party apps from offering contactless payments.
21 March 2024
News/crypto
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed an amended lawsuit against crypto firm Gemini and Digital Currency Group, alleging that nearly quarter of a million investors were defrauded out of more than $3 billion, rather than the $1 billion claimed in the initial suit.
09 February 2024
News/crime
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a customer advisory warning to the public to keep an eye out for artificial intelligence (AI) scams.
26 January 2024
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued an amber alert to prevent further money laundering in the art storage sector.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged JP Morgan $18 million for obstructing clients and brokerage customers from reporting breaches of law to regulatory authorities. The payments giant has agreed to pay the penalty charge.
19 January 2024
Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay $249 million to settle fraud charges and for failing to enforce information barriers in connection with the bank's block trading practices.
12 January 2024
News/security
Revolut is facing a class action lawsuit in Illinois alleging the UK fintech giant has unlawfully collected, used and stored customers' biometric data.
10 January 2024
The US Department of Justice is cracking down on fraud networks that steal money from consumer bank accounts and then use 'microtransactions' to hide their activity.
19 December 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a $1 billion-plus class action lawsuit over his promotion of an NFT collection with controversial crypto exchange Binance.
29 November 2023
UK companies are failing to keep up with the requirements for sanction-screening prospective clients despite the high level of global geopolitical unrest, according to a recently published survey.
23 November 2023
The imminent introduction of the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will force sell-side firms to make significant changes to their third party risk management software and strategies, suggests a recently published survey.
22 November 2023
Binance has agreed to pay $4.3 billion to settle a long-running investigation by the US Department of Justice, with the crypto exchange's founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao also stepping down as CEO and pleading guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements.
21 November 2023
Celsius Network has received approval from a New York judge for a restructuring plan that will repay customers’ assets through new company owned by Celsius creditors and managed by Fahrenheit.
10 November 2023
The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have reached a settlement with Chargebacks911 that prohibits the “chargeback mitigation” firm from working with certain high-risk clients and using deceptive tactics to stop consumers trying to dispute charges.
09 November 2023
News/retail
Irish high street bank AIB has admitted to a glitch in its online banking service after it was highlighted by newspaper The Irish Independent.
30 October 2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against crypto firm Gemini and Digital Currency Group for allegedly defrauding nearly quarter of a million investors of more than $1 billion.
19 October 2023
PayPal has been hit with a class-action lawsuit accusing the firm of anticompetitive "anti-steering" rules that leave consumers paying excess charges.
05 October 2023
US prosecutors have charged a former Goldman Sachs employee with securities fraud for allegedly tipping off friends about deals over Xbox chat.
02 October 2023
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