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In the UK, (More) Web Content Regulation Looms

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increased regulation over content delivered online through platforms may be on the horizon. This past week, Britain’s federal government said its media regulator, known as Ofcom, would be given new oversight to monitor and regulate material posted on the web by companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. In the U.K.,

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Allied Irish Banks Fined For Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures

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million fine by the Central Bank of Ireland due to compliance failures with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules. AIB said in a statement to Bloomberg that the settlement has to do with issues that happened between July 2010 and July 2014. Allied Irish Banks was hit with a $2.2

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Meradia Expands Performance Capabilities with the Addition of Jonathan A. Boersma, CFA

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With Boersma’s addition, Meradia will expand its Investment Performance practice to include advisory services related to Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) compliance, implementation, and pre-verification as well as investment performance regulation. Mailhos, Meradia’s Investment Performance Practice Lead.

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ING Bags Unlimited Corda Licenses From R3

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According to the announcement , ING will be allowed to access Corda Enterprise and deploy Corda applications across its global back-office operations, including trade finance, insurance, identity management and more. Regulators were probing the institution on suspicion of failing to report suspicious transactions in a timely fashion.

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ECB Wants ‘Single Agency’ For AML Enforcement

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As of now, the central bank is tasked with looking over the compliance of banks to capital standards as well as other financial stability-related regulations. Monitoring money-laundering, however, is usually handled at the national level. The total settlement will be taken as a charge against third quarter results.

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How Basel III Affected SMB Lending

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The FSB announced Friday the findings of its analysis of Basel III regulations on the small business lending space. Some regulators aimed to mitigate that impact. Some regulators aimed to mitigate that impact. As such, the FSB said it does not expect to introduce any new industry regulations.

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Whatever Happened To … WorldRemit, Aiming To Be The ‘WhatsApp Of Money’

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“We want to be known as the WhatsApp of Money,” said Brion Nazzaro, group compliance director at WorldRemit. We’re focused on building even more partnerships with leading banks and telecoms operators around the world so that our customers can send money to their loved ones in the most convenient, relevant ways for them.”.

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