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SWIFT Too Slow On Security Risks?

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The financial messaging service known as SWIFT — which operates as a bank-owned consortium and helps payments in the billions of dollars move globally — has been beset by security flaws, has known about those flaws and has done little to address those flaws. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug. So reported Reuters on Wednesday (Aug.

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What Will Ant Group Look Like A Year From Now?

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In China, the battle of the regulators versus FinTech behemoth has seemingly been joined. . That delay came following controlling shareholder Jack Ma’s meeting with Chinese regulators. In fact, he told Webster, Ant was and is more profitable than Facebook was when that tech giant went public in 2012. . What Lies Ahead .

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Money laundering through art and antiquities: An update

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The fact that this market has been loosely regulated in the United States leaves the industry open to illegal actors in the dark market and open trade, such as auction houses and the internet. Stay up to date on trends in money laundering and AML/CFT regulation. Using art and antiquities to launder money. And unlike U.S.

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Deep Dive: An Automated Approach To The $2T Global Money Laundering Problem

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As such, the regulators and FIs seeking to crack down on these activities have their work cut out for them. . Approximately 2 percent to 5 percent of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) – $800 billion to $2 trillion – is laundered each year, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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HUD Issues Final Rule Permitting Private Flood Insurance with FHA Loans

CFPB Monitor

As previously reported in February 2019 federal regulators issued a joint final rule (the “Joint Final Rule”) to implement provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (the “Act”) that require regulated financial institutions to accept private flood insurance policies.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 4: Counterproliferation

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The regulations are forthcoming, but institutions now should begin the process of performing a threat-focused risk assessment which will guide them where to focus their efforts. The North Korean government has been also found to have used chemical weapons against its own nationals. Included as a Priority is Proliferation Financing.

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Auditors Say EU Failed To Stop Misuse Of Funds

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Between 2012 and 2016, around 15 percent of the total volume of uncovered fraud was recovered, noted the report. They noted that in some instances, the OLAF found that the misused EU funds were going to national politicians, their families and/or associates.

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