Cryptocurrency company Tether condemned a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) posted Friday (Oct. 25) that said federal agencies are investigating the company for possible violations of sanctions and anti-money laundering (AML) rules. The WSJ report cited unnamed sources. “These stories are based on...
Today’s middle-market firms often find themselves caught in the Goldilocks paradox. These businesses, with $50 million to $1 billion in revenues, are too big for the financial products offered to smaller businesses, yet too small for the working capital solutions typically designed for multibillion-dollar enterprises....
Big Tech defined an era of innovation by moving fast and breaking things. However, while speed is great for money movement, breaking things can be disastrous for the payments and financial services sector. For financial institutions (FIs) and their FinTech partners aiming to innovate cross-border...
The OCC has released enforcement actions against national banks accused of “unsafe or unsound” practices. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said it “uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions to correct the deficient practices or...
October 02, 2024
Recent announcements and partnerships have shown core banking’s appeal — not just for traditional FIs, but FinTechs too — as anti-money laundering (AML) efforts must scale and move into real-time functionality, ideally automated, to monitor real-time transactions. Struggling with the Legacy Systems Generally speaking, core banking providers help FIs upgrade their back-end processes and move […]
September 11, 2024
If you’re tracking year-to-date news stories, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) has been in the hot seat. The situation surrounding the Synapse bankruptcy and the limited ripple effect it had on some of...
August 12, 2024
Despite the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Web3 businesses need banking partners. But on Thursday (Aug. 8), news broke that Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank, one of the only...
August 09, 2024
A recent enforcement action by the Federal Reserve taken against Customers Bancorp and its Customers Bank subsidiary has taken note of the risks and challenges inherent in handling digital assets...
November 03, 2024
Last month, the Justice Department settled an anti-money laundering probe into TD Bank. But according to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the $3 billion the government received from the Canadian lender was not enough. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported last week, Warren said the Department of Justice (DOJ) erred by choosing not to […]
October 25, 2024
Cryptocurrency company Tether condemned a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) posted Friday (Oct. 25) that said federal agencies are investigating the company for possible violations of sanctions and...
October 18, 2024
The OCC has released enforcement actions against national banks accused of “unsafe or unsound” practices. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said it “uses enforcement actions against banks to require the...
October 10, 2024
TD Bank Group said Thursday (Oct. 10) that it takes full responsibility for the failures of its U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs and will...
