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Banks and other financial services companies have almost invariably welcomed a federal plan that would give them more flexibility to shift resources in their compliance programs from monitoring lower risk areas towards countering actual threats. acams.org/en/news/bankers-we… ($)
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Weekly Roundup: EU Court Warns Banks, US Lenders Subpoenaed, and More acams.org/en/news/weekly-rou… ($) #AML #CTF #Sanctions
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Following the arrest of two suspects in the Republic of Georgia, U.S. federal prosecutors charged a Russian national & his alleged Ukrainian associate Tuesday with running an online network that laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for cybercriminals. acams.org/en/news/us-prosecu…
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Attendees left the AMLA's inaugural conference with a clearer picture of the agency's plans. acams.org/en/news/amla-share… ($) Pic by shankar s. creativecommons.org/licenses…
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The EU's AMLA has "already" started the process of selecting 40 systemically important banks & other financial services companies for direct supervision from January 2028 onwards, a senior executive with the agency said Tuesday. acams.org/en/news/amla-alrea… Pic by Martin Joppen GmbH.
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network urged U.S. banks and other financial services companies Friday to identify undocumented workers among their customers in addition to the businesses and individuals employing them. acams.org/en/news/fincen-tar… ($)
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French Penalty Chief Discusses AML Compliance, Enforcement in Nonfinancial Sectors acams.org/en/news/french-pen… ($)
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Midweek Roundup: Nordea Faces Record Fine, Belgium Investigates Fintech, and More acams.org/en/news/midweek-ro… ($)
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The EU's Anti-Money Laundering Authority wants to issue guidelines on new protocols that could empower banks to share financial intelligence with public authorities and each other on an unprecedented scale. acams.org/en/news/amla-plans… ($)
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Weekly Roundup: DOJ Investigates Democrat NGO, Brazil Accuses Fintechs, and More acams.org/en/news/weekly-rou… ($)
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Last month, an elderly American victim of a sophisticated romance scam recovered nearly $900,000 after Tether "burned" the stablecoins she had transferred to the perpetrator three years prior, and reissued them on her behalf. acams.org/en/news/stablecoin… ($)
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OFAC revokes sanctions against U.N. official, AMLA seeks engagement, and more, in the weekly roundup. acams.org/en/news/weekly-rou… ($)
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Rikke-Louise Petersen, an executive board member of the EU's AMLA, acknowledged in an interview with Europe editor Koos Couvée that her agency faces a huge workload. But she remained upbeat about its ability to meet its goals and objectives. acams.org/en/news/amla-execu… ($)
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The Trump administration directed the Treasury Department to propose changes to AML rules that could pave the way for financial institutions to routinely verify their customers' citizenship status as part of their customer due diligence efforts. acams.org/en/news/treasury-f… ($)
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An energy buyer and port operator in India caused tens of millions dollars in illicit payments to move through the U.S. after importing liquified petroleum gas, or LPG, in bulk from Iran, the Office of Foreign Assets Control alleged Monday. acams.org/en/news/ofac-fines… ($)
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FATF is considering revising its standards to recommend that nations establish public-private partnerships, or PPPs, for sharing financial intelligence, the group's incoming president said at an ACAMS-hosted conference in Germany. acams.org/en/news/incoming-f… ($)
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"Do not assume business as usual." That was the message Rikke-Louise Petersen, executive director at the EU's AMLA, delivered to attendees of an ACAMS-hosted conference in Germany as she laid out the agency's plans in detail. acams.org/en/news/amla-rejec… ($) #ACAMSAssembly #AML
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Dutch lender ING will pay €1.6 million to end a criminal investigation in Belgium into the bank's handling of suspicious transactions involving former European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office disclosed. acams.org/en/news/ing-settle… ($)
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Prompted by the company's refusal to be fined for breaching anti-money laundering regulations, Denmark's Financial Supervisory Authority has referred the local subsidiary of Nordea to the National Unit for Serious Crime, or NSK, for investigation. acams.org/en/news/finmarks-l… ($)
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Weekly Roundup: Tether-Lutnick Ties Draws Scrutiny, Senate Bill Targets CTA, and More acams.org/en/news/weekly-rou… ($)
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