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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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15) announced that it is assessing a $390 million penalty against Capital One for engaging in what it says are “both willful and negligent violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). According to a statement from FinCEN , Capital One admitted to failing to implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program.

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Measuring capital at risk in the UK banking sector

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The probability of an extreme stress event with losses above £91 billion (roughly 19% of CET1 capital) increased from 1% before the pandemic to 4.1% Measuring capital at risk. We derive two forward-looking measures of solvency risk (one year ahead) – a capital at risk measure (CAR) and a conditional capital at risk measure (CCAR).

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

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While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). Equally important is the bank’s securities duration, as shown in the graph below.

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Fraudsters Accused In $364M Ponzi Debt Scheme

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According to the indictment, the men ran a network of entities and shell companies — including Global Credit Recovery LLC, Delmarva Capital LLC and Rhino Capital Holdings LLC — offering individuals, family offices and funds the chance to invest in consumer debt portfolios. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Robert Hur, said.

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Ex-Barclays Head: Qatar Capital Was Not Vital To Bank’s Health

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19), the former chairman of Barclays bank said that Qatar was “not as central” to the bank’s plans to fundraise billions in 2008, according to a report in the Financial Times. During a fraud trial on Tuesday (Feb.

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Should You Be Marking Loans To Market?

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Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value, and any unrealized gains and losses are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) in the equity section of the balance sheet. Capital got scarce. By 2008, there were a variety of failures as a result of liquidity – Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, and more.

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FinTech Pagaya Notches $102M In Funding Round

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Participants in the round included Aflac Global Ventures, Poalim Capital Markets, Viola, Oak HC/FT, Harvey Golub (Pagaya board member and former chairman and CEO of American Express), Clal Insurance Ltd., The investment raised Pagaya to over $200 million in consumer credit asset-backed security (ABS), the release states.

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