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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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Compliance failures are prevalent worldwide: Approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance between 2008 and 2018. billion — 91 percent — of those penalties, while European regulators demanded $1.7 A report found that the U.S. imposed a full $23.52 million. . resources.

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Wirecard Loses $8.3 Billion in Three Days on Fraud Allegations

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Wirecard AG fell the most in more than a decade on Friday after a report that a law firm found evidence of alleged forgery, the latest fraud allegations to beset the digital payments company. The 25% plunge -- the worst since July 2008 -- capped a tumultuous three days that shaved about €7.2 billion ($8.3 […].

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Libra Forces Cryptocurrency Regulators To Reexamine Procedures

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Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. The latest AMC/KYC Tracker examines current efforts to stop money laundering, fight fraud and improve customer identity authentication in the financial services space.

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Wirecard Saga Reignites Debate Over Auditors’ Role In Combatting Fraud

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As scrutiny over Wirecard and EY continue to grow, a broader debate is seeing a resurgence over what role, if any, auditors play in identifying and preventing corporate fraud. Fraud Concerns Arise. India’s Serious Fraud Investigation Office said both auditors “miserably failed to fulfill the duty entrusted to them.”

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HBOS Fraud Compensation Review Discovers ‘Shortcomings’

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While Lloyds, which acquired HBOS in 2008 and subsequently discovered fraudulent activity at the unit, has paid out “generous” awards to impacted SMBs, Cranston added the process has “serious shortcomings.”. A 2017 trial related to the case led to six people being sentenced to jail for their participation in the fraud.

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MPs Accuse Lloyds Execs Of HBOS Fraud ‘Cover-Up’

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The letter also calls on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to investigate Lloyds Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio, claiming he knew about the ongoing fraud as far back as 2011, but failed to initiate an investigation. Reports in City A.M. The scam has already led to the imprisonment of several former executives.

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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

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He was promoted to President and CEO in 2008. Bank Closed By Regulators Almost all bank closures happen on a Friday so that regulators can work all weekend to reopen the bank on Monday. In 2017, the bank was converted from its National Charter to a Kansas state-chartered bank and renamed Heartland Tri-State Bank.