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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. The real estate market is enticing to more than just new homeowners or investors. Real estate market AML risks Real estate is a proven, traditional, and well-established marketplace.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”.

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ACH fraud: Lessons for AML programs from a recent court case

Abrigo

District Court case in Virginia. However, AML system optimization , or parameter tuning, is critical for monitoring to be risk-based and the most effective for your FI’s market, products, and customer or member base. The plaintiff is a construction company that fell victim to ACH fraud initiated by business email compromise.

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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

Perficient

Of particular significance is that in Virginia, banks may offer this service in either a fiduciary or non-fiduciary capacity. In addition, the classification of cryptocurrencies as securities can create a unique compliance burden for SEC-registered investment advisers (RIAs) trading these instruments.

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Finance Firms Are Hiring in These Cities Following Global Cuts

Bank Innovation

In Richmond, Virginia, finance job openings grew 31.3% Demand for bankers and financial services workers appears to be waning following a wave of cutbacks at the start of the year. But a few cities are bucking the trend with double-digit growth in finance employment opportunities.

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Cannabis Cos’ $4.7B In Cash-Based Taxes Overwhelm IRS

PYMNTS

million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. It’s important to note that the cannabis market’s struggles to access banking services are not limited to small dispensary storefronts, though they are undoubtedly affected by such legal hurdles.

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Federal Regulators Visited Amazon Facility To Search Laptops

PYMNTS

Although the investigation came around at the same time a Seattle woman hacked a database of credit-card issuer Capital One Financial that was stored on the eCommerce giant’s cloud server, examiners were reportedly not aware of the breach when they visited Amazon’s Virginia facility.