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Sweden Fines Swedbank $386M For AML Missteps

PYMNTS

Sweden’s oldest retail bank will face a hefty $386 million fine for a scandal that erupted last year over the bank’s poor handling of money laundering issues in the Baltic region, according to Reuters Thursday (March 19). Swedbank’s CEO and much of the board were fired as a result.

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April 2014: A Busy Month for Fraud Alerts!

Jack Henry

In light of the ATM cash-out schemes that had taken place recently, an alert was issued to provide details on how this type of fraud had occurred, the risks presented to financial institutions (FIs), and what FIs could do to mitigate these risks. One such attack by the group Unlimited Operations was able to net over $40 million.

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What Iran Can – And Won’t – Do In A Cyberwar

PYMNTS

Iran’s options and goals on the geopolitical stage (without taking a deep dive into specific policy issues) should be examined against the backdrop that Iran — like, any number of countries, said Visner — is seeking greater regional influence, and greater international respect and leverage. cloaked well enough so that the U.S.

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

PYMNTS

Since its founding in 2012, the firm has specifically distinguished itself in a crowded field of tech-based underwriters, with its focus on the consumer group it calls the “underbanked middle class.”. Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

The SEC found LCA, LendingClub and Laplanche guilty of fraud for improperly using LCA assets to benefit LendingClub Corporation, LCA’s parent company for which Laplanche was both founder and CEO. By 2012, LendingClub announced it had underwritten $1 billion in loans on its platform and was cash flow positive. The SEC Finding.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Fraud prevention tools. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. Stripe Atlas (business incorporation tool) and Stripe Sigma (business analytics and reporting) can help simplify business operations.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. And others disappear forever.

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