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The "digital asset receipt," similar to ETFs and ATRs, aims to expedite investing in cybercurrencies; CFO is taking the hit for the Dutch bank's lax anti-money laundering controls.

The agency said it would not apply the data collection requirement for existing accounts that automatically renew or roll over, such as certificates of deposit or commercial credit cards.

The financial press ponders how a replay of the 2008 crisis can be avoided; losing HNA's 7.6% stake may be a blessing in disguise, but DB's funding costs remain a worry.

Businesses without the substantial resources of a Danske Bank are sitting ducks for even more esoteric scams, like transaction laundering, writes Ron Teicher, CEO of EverCompliant.

Agency’s first supervisory report under Mulvaney finds little change; the nonbank lender surpasses Citigroup and Bank of America in home loans.

The agencies are looking into firm's forex pricing; the Fed is accused of stalling on a novel banking idea.

It is critical that banks blend data science and their industry knowledge to better identify and mitigate compliance risk, says a director at Promontory Financial Group.

John Gerspach is scheduled to leave next March after 10 years and be succeeded by Mark Mason; ING will pay nearly $900 million for failing to stop money laundering by clients.

Enforcement actions are on the rise despite recent rollbacks of regulations. Fair lending, money laundering compliance and CRA remain focal points for examiners.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., says he is concerned that banks are freezing accounts of customers if they aren't providing citizenship information.

IBM claims that by monitoring customer behavior first and foremost, banks can make suspicious activity reporting far more accurate.

Bci Miami is one of the first banks in the U.S. to publicly acknowledge using AI this way, when many still consider the technology to be new, risky and unsanctioned by regulators.

U.S. authorities are forced to take action on some shady dealings up north; the Systemic Risk Council says weaker capital rules could deflate bank equity.

Real-time graph technology and analytics offer a rare opportunity to revolutionize the entire field of AML in banking and financial services. It will become the industry best practice in the near future and may well become part of the regulatory expectations, according to Gaurav Deshpande, vice president of marketing at TigerGraph.

But data privacy is likely to deter banks from partnering with the social media company; the online listings company wants to "reshape" the market.

Given how much financial activity occurs every second, every day, it’s important for banks and financial organizations to develop a robust AML strategy that is effective in stopping fraudsters in their tracks, according to Gaurav Deshpande, vice president of marketing at TigerGraph.

The bank's predicament suggests that the Trump administration's hard-line stance on immigration can cause headaches for financial institutions.

The unnamed customer, who was on a list of suspects involved with weapons of mass destruction, used an HSBC credit card to make 12 payments in the second quarter, the company told shareholders Monday.

Bankers at Sonoma Valley Bank were convicted of bank fraud, money laundering and other offenses.