Anti-Money Laundering

BaFin: Solaris SE Must Improve Controls or Face Financial Penalties
BaFin: Solaris SE Must Improve Controls or Face Financial Penalties
July 12, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

German financial regulator BaFin said Friday (July 12) that Solaris SE faces financial penalties if it doesn’t improve its controls. Solaris, which has a banking license in Germany...

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DEA: Drug Traffickers Found Citi ‘Favorable’ for Money Laundering
DEA: Drug Traffickers Found Citi ‘Favorable’ for Money Laundering
July 01, 2024  |  AML

Federal investigators say drug traffickers laundered money through Citigroup, believing it had looser fraud measures. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (July 1), a...

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Singapore Says Banking Sector Is Top Money Laundering Risk
Singapore Says Banking Sector Is Top Money Laundering Risk
June 20, 2024  |  AML

Singapore has identified banks as the entities posing the greatest money laundering (ML) risk to the country. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is a...

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Starling Bank Takes Debtors To Court Amid UK Watchdog Probe
Starling Bank Takes Debtors To Court Amid UK Watchdog Probe
June 19, 2024  |  Banking

Starling Bank is reportedly taking several debtors to court amid a U.K. financial watchdog’s investigation. The neobank has filed petitions against 24 companies that have...

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Swiss Regulator Says HSBC Violated Money Laundering Regulations
Swiss Regulator Says HSBC Violated Money Laundering Regulations
June 18, 2024  |  AML

Swiss financial market supervisory authority FINMA has ruled that HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA violated money laundering regulations. This ruling followed enforcement proceedings opened by...

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Analysts Say Fines Could Rise as TD Bank Faces Additional Allegations
Analysts Say Fines Could Rise as TD Bank Faces Additional Allegations
June 05, 2024  |  AML

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank) reportedly could be facing fines of up to $4 billion in relation to money-laundering probes in the United States. This estimate by...

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Monzo: UK Bank Watchdog Ends Money Laundering Probe
Monzo: UK Bank Watchdog Ends Money Laundering Probe
June 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

The U.K.’s financial watchdog has apparently dropped a probe into Monzo’s anti-money laundering system. That’s according to an item buried deep in the neobank’s annual report issued Monday (June...

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Bribery Probe Adds to TD Bank’s Legal Headaches
Bribery Probe Adds to TD Bank’s Legal Headaches
June 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank’s legal problems are growing with reported bribery allegations against a Florida banker. That ex-employee, Gerry Aquino Vargas, is accused of taking multiple...

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BaFin to Lift Growth Restrictions on N26
BaFin to Lift Growth Restrictions on N26
May 28, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

European digital bank N26 reports that Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has lifted its growth restrictions on the company, effective June 1. This move...

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