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CSI Launches AI-Powered AML Solution in Collaboration With Dataseers
April 21, 2025

CSI has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-money laundering (AML) solution and said it plans to add more solutions of this kind later this year. The provider of financial software and technology said in a Monday (April 21) press release that these new solutions are...

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Block Fined $40 Million for Cash App’s Anti-Money Laundering Failures
April 10, 2025

Block will pay a $40 million penalty over anti-money laundering deficiencies in its Cash App. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the penalty Thursday (April 10), saying it came after the regulator found “significant failures” in Block’s Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. “All financial institutions, whether...

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OKX Crypto Exchange Fined $500 Million for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
February 26, 2025

The operator of the OKX cryptocurrency exchange has admitted to breaking anti-money laundering (AML) laws. As part of the plea, Aux Cayes FinTech — doing business as OKX — will pay more than $504 million in fines and fees, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday (Feb. 24). “For over seven...

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Brink’s Settles Anti-Money Laundering Charges With DOJ and FinCEN
February 06, 2025

The Brink’s Company said Thursday (Feb. 6) that its subsidiary, Brink’s Global Services USA (BGS USA), reached agreement with two U.S. agencies to resolve investigations related to cross-border currency shipments and compliance with federal money-transmitting laws. BGS USA reached a non-prosecution agreement with the Department...

CBW Says FDIC’s $20 Million AML Fine ‘Unreasonable’
January 08, 2025

CBW Bank, with roughly $90 million in assets, filed a suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) contending that $20.4 million in penalties assessed against the bank for alleged failures over anti-money laundering (AML) efforts and deficiencies are both “unprecedented” and “unreasonable.”   The suit...

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Stenn Collapses Over FinTech’s Possible Ties to Money Launderers
December 16, 2024

U.K. FinTech Stenn has reportedly collapsed over possible ties to a Russian money laundering scheme. The company was placed into administration — a type of insolvency procedure — earlier this month after a reference to it appeared in a U.S. indictment in a money laundering case, the...

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New Year, New AML and Compliance Approach for Financial Institutions
December 03, 2024

It’s almost 2025, but many businesses are still facing the same old anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) concerns, among other compliance requirements. With the news that Wise, the money transfer giant, has implemented a European regulator’s recommendations to bolster its AML programs,...

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Report: Wise Implements Regulator’s Recommendations to Bolster AML Programs
November 29, 2024

FinTech Wise reportedly has implemented a European regulator’s recommendations to bolster its anti-money laundering (AML) programs. Wise was forced into a formal remediation plan after the National Bank of Belgium found in 2022 that there was a shortcoming in its AML controls, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday...

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Report: US Government Investigating Citigroup’s Anti-Money Laundering Policies
November 14, 2024

U.S. government agencies are reportedly investigating Citigroup’s anti-money laundering (AML) policies and its ties to a sanctioned Russian official. The Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and the IRS are looking at the bank’s work for a trust that holds assets owned by Russian billionaire Suleiman...