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The focus since the 2016 election on easing rules, tax cuts and expanding access to credit is about to be turned on its head.

Promontory Financial Group CEO Eugene Ludwig says AI tools can remove the risks — and discrimination — involved in opening the U.S. financial system to newcomers.

The credit union says employee charges that its AML program is deficient are false; Michelle Moore, who helped launched the Erica digital assistant, wants more time with family.

The Justice Department has decided against prosecuting three former U.S. executives of Rabobank that admitted it hid evidence about the flow of Mexican drug-cartel money, according to four people with knowledge of the probe's final stages.

The bank, one of the few that do business with digital currency exchanges like Coinbase, has developed methods for monitoring all customers’ digital currency purchases.

The idea of digitizing cashier's checks is likely to meet resistance, but the Swiss startup says at least two U.S. banks are already showing interest.

Wells Fargo puts two top execs on leave as scandal's reach grows; regional banks freed from SIFI label lobbying regulators hard for more relief; FDIC to launch innovation office to help banks compete with fintechs; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Building a blockchain solution that adds greater transparency in transactions has the potential to make KYC and KYT processes for crypto transactions much more efficient than the system in place, writes Ash Shilkin, president of Ivy.

The 25-year JPM veteran will pursue an opportunity elsewhere; private equity firms have a record $57 billion to loan for real estate.

A smaller provision for loan losses helped counteract declining loan volume and higher expenses during the third quarter.

The civil money penalty from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency follows a 2015 consent order against the bank, which became a subject of federal questioning after it suspended its business with check cashers.

New York's new AML rules clarify how institutions should monitor transactions and screen sanctions lists issued by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). But critically, it goes a lot further, writes Sophie Lagouanelle, Head of Solutions at Accuity.

As silos complicate know your customer compliance and onboarding, low-code technology can provide a boost, according to Reetu Khosla, global head of life-cycle management and KYC for Pegasystems.

The regtech firm Arachnys, which recently raised $10 million from QED Investors and others, draws from a collection of 23,000 data sources to help banks protect themselves from money launderers and other criminals.

The company is offering short-term installment loans to its clients’ customers; even institutions not accused of wrongdoing may pay a price.

In seeking to make make ING the most digitally advanced lender in Europe, CEO Ralph Hamers' motto has been to "disrupt yourself before a competitor does it first." It's safe to say the tumult at the company during the last few weeks isn't what Hamers had in mind.

Profits at big banks should be solid if not spectacular; the Vermont senator proposes a hard cap on assets held by the biggest banks.

The agencies issued a joint statement on the types collaborative arrangements that a bank could employ to make BSA/AML compliance more efficient.

Sen. Warren proposes a bill that would extend the law to credit unions while stiffening penalties; the Spanish bank taps UBS’s Andrea Orcel.

The plan identified five risk areas — including cybersecurity — that will be on the agenda for agency examiners next year.