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French Prosecutors Call For UBS To Pay 3.7B Euros For Tax Evasion

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billion euros for what it contends is helping wealthy people in the country evade taxes. According to a report in Reuters , UBS is facing accusations of laundering the proceeds of tax fraud and illegally going after clients in France. UBS, the Swiss bank, is facing calls from French prosecutors to pay a fine of 3.7

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What’s Up With SMEs: Payments Fraud, Mobile Lending, And Inflation

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But often, stats going up — like inflation, the Federal Interest Rate, and corporate payment fraud levels — threaten the growth of small businesses. percent increase marked in February 2016. percent) coming from a mobile device as of September 2016. Corporate payments fraud , marking 2016 as the year in which more U.S.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States. of the United States GDP, with estimates exceeding $3.9

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Businesses Can Have Their Identities Stolen, Too, Experts Warn

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million, in 2016 alone. with more than 16,800 victims recorded in 2016. A new report from The National Cybersecurity Society (NCSS) published this week warns that business identity theft is an emerging threat for entrepreneurs and executives. . But individual consumers aren’t the only victims of identity theft.

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Bitcoin Daily: Tether’s Parent Co. Hit With $1T Lawsuit; Nearly $10B In Bitcoin Held In Crypto Exchanges

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Plaintiffs say that the actions of iFinex was “part fraud, part pump-and-dump and part money-laundering.”. And the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that they have signed an operational agreement on the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Switzerland. Robertson controlled.”.

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Australia Moves To Standardize eInvoicing

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In 2016, the Australian Tax Office pushed for a nationwide standard of electronic invoices. The retail sector’s adoption of eInvoicing standards was then followed by the launch of the Digital Business Council, which was developed for the sole purpose of creating a national framework of standardizing eInvoices.

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Deep Dive: Striking A Balance In Digital ID Security

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It’s undeniably advantageous to the world economy, with a recent study finding that national digital ID systems could induce GDP growth of up to 13 percent. Experiencing such gains comes with risks, however, as digital IDs have presented new and underexplored avenues for fraud. More than 4.5

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