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UK fines TransferGo for Ukraine sanctions violations
Fintech company TransferGo Limited must pay UK£50,000 after the Economic Secretary to HM Treasury upheld a decision by the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) that it had breached Ukraine sanctions regulations.Between 20 March..
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06 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
Covid-19, year two - AML/CFT reverberations
Compliance teams are now well used to working remotely but how has financial crime risk changed under the pandemic and are they equipped to meet it? Keith Nuthall investigates.As Covid-19 batters the world into its second year of the most..
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09 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
BitMEX faces US$100m penalty for non-registration, CDD and reporting breaches
Leading cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives trading platform BitMEX must pay a civil penalty of up to US$100 million for not registering as a futures commission merchant with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as well as for..
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11 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
AWS Malta, money remitter, fined €502,000 for CDD & monitoring breaches
Money services business AWS Malta Ltd (AWSM) was, on 6August [2021], ordered to pay €502,046 by the Financial IntelligenceAnalysis Unit (FIAU) for a spread of anti-money laundering control failings.[1]The Maltese agency, during a 2020 off-site..
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16 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
AI ‘is’ up to the task of AML Compliance
For further information, contact Michael Doron (+1 (914) 954-4891, michael.doron@hawk.ai)
Online Published Date:
16 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
Tanzambique: there goes the neighbourhood
Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
Online Published Date:
16 August 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
Five-fold rise in value of AML fines – Kroll study
By Sarah Gibbons
Online Published Date:
25 August 2021
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287 - 25 August 2021
Bank of China (UK) pays US$2.3m over Sudan sanctions breaches
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Sudansanctions program may no longer operate but Bank of China (UK) Limited must payUS$2,329,991 to settle charges for past apparent failures to comply with it. [1]Between 4 September 2014 and 24..
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27 August 2021
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287 - 25 August 2021
TSB Bank fined NZ$3.5m after ‘escalated’ action by central bank
The High Court in Wellington, on 31 August [2021], levied a NZ$3.5m (US$2.47m) civil penalty on TSB Bank for failings under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009. [1]The decision follows a claim filed by the..
Online Published Date:
31 August 2021
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287 - 25 August 2021
Japan needs to boost fight against laundering by Yakuza – says FATF
By Keith Nuthall
Online Published Date:
31 August 2021
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287 - 25 August 2021