Search Results for: Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
EU needs single anti-money laundering authority, says thinktank
November 5th, 2018
The European Union should set up a single anti-money laundering (AML) authority with the power to levy big fines to tackle the stream of scandals across member states, Brussels-based thinktank Bruegal has said in a new report. The thinktank ...
UK regulator fined a Bank for anti-money laundering systems failings
June 7th, 2018
The UK regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has issued an announcement to inform that has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 147 days. Financial services firms are ...
ESAS warn on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing risks affecting the EU financial sector
February 22nd, 2017
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published a Joint Opinion addressed to the European Commission on the risks of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) affecting the European Union’s financial sector. This Opinion ...
FCA fines Deutsche Bank £163 million for serious anti-money laundering controls failings
January 31st, 2017
Soon after the New York’s Department of Financial Services fined Deutsche Bank $425 million for Russian Mirror-Trading scheme, the U.K. regulators FCA announced a fined of £163,076,224 to Deutsche Bank AG for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering ...
Western Union agreed to pay $586m for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
January 20th, 2017
Western Union Admits Anti-Money Laundering and Consumer Fraud Violations, Forfeits $586 Million in Settlement with Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission Company also Agrees to Implement Anti-Fraud Program and Enhanced Compliance Obligations in Agreements with Federal Authorities The Western ...
FCA fines Sonali Bank for serious anti-money laundering systems failings
October 12th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Sonali Bank (UK) Limited (SBUK) £3,250,600 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 168 days. It has also fined the bank’s former money laundering reporting ...
FINRA Fines Raymond James $17 Million for Systemic Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures
May 19th, 2016
Former AML Compliance Officer Fined and Suspended The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS), a total of $17 million for widespread ...
MAS Strengthens Regulations against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
April 24th, 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Notices to financial institutions (FIs) on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). The revisions are benchmarked against international best practices and the latest recommendations of the ...
FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network $1.5 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Failures
December 19th, 2014
Firms Failed to Subject Over 200,000 New Accounts to Identity Verification The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has ordered two St. Louis-based broker-dealers under common control, Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial ...
FinCEN named FBME Bank Ltd as a foreign financial institution of primary money laundering
July 25th, 2014
On July 17 FinCEN issued a press release taking action to Protect U.S Financial System. On that date, FinCEN named FBME Bank, which transacts 90 percent of its global banking business through branches in Cyprus, as a foreign financial institution ...
