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Turkish Authorities Search For Suspect In US Tax Fraud Scheme

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claimed the company was creating fake production records between 2010 and 2016 in order to access renewable fuel tax credits, which it would then launder, the AP reported. PYMNTS reported this month that corporate fraud schemes have been ubiquitous as of late. The Kingstons pleaded guilty in the tax credit scheme in the U.S.,

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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BuzzFeed said the thousands of suspicious activity reports, authored by lenders and shared with the government, offer a glimpse into global corruption enabled by banks and allowed to flourish by regulators. Since 2010, prosecution has been delayed by 18 banks for anti-money laundering, according to BuzzFeed.

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How Smaller Financial Institutions Can Make the New Fed Debit Card Reg a Win for Customers

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In early October, the Federal Reserve finalized a rule, known as Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing), that requires every debit card transaction to have access to two unaffiliated payment card networks. Why change the regulation? Assess the fraud implications of the amended regulation.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Bob Hickok.

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Cognitive Technology: A shelter in the storm of regulatory change

Insights on Business

Quite the contrary, the industry had to adapt to an onslaught of new regulations in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. A decade later, it may have to adapt to the dismantling of those same regulations but remain keyed up for the not-unrealistic possibility of another regulatory assault in a few years. The system can learn.

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Deep Dive: How To Improve Existing AML/KYC Requirements

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A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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Yahoo’s Breach Epitaph

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Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the disclosure action taken by Yahoo’s executives. According to Warner, less than 100 of 9,000 public companies have reported a data breach since 2010. “I Mark Warner (D-VA) asked the U.S. I don’t know that we need new rules.