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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

Abrigo

Understanding tax ID fraud FinCrime professionals looking to prevent tax ID fraud, first need to understand the fundamentals of what is happening and their best recourse for prevention. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) is a silent but dangerous aspect of the tax world.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. Anxiety, anxiety, anxiety.

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PPP Headaches: As Anti-Fraud Efforts Continue, Borrowers & Lenders Face Challenges

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Meanwhile, regulators continue to reinforce the importance of lenders knowing customers and beneficial owners. Even after redoing this certification, borrowers may then still be declined on the same application due to another incorrect validation rule (for instance, an Applicant Tax ID issue),” the letter said.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

In this article, I'll cover what a credit exception is, recommendations for creating loan/credit exceptions, and tips for developing an exception policy for the financial institution. unsecured lending is bad rather than unsecured lending should only be extended to high pass risk rated credit). and property tax payments.

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FATF Releases New Guidance on Key AML/CTF Concerns

Abrigo

Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? The report shines a light on corruption, tax fraud, drug trafficking, and labor trafficking as being linked to environmental crime. BSA Rules and Regulation. Lending & Credit Risk. The agency recently completed their three-day June plenary. Learn more.

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FinCEN announces $8 Million BSA Enforcement Action: The Resurrection of AML Penalties

Abrigo

Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Millions of dollars in suspicious activity were not reported to FinCEN in a timely or accurate manner, including those connected to tax evasion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other financial crimes. . and CDD will be top of regulators' minds for some time.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. Marketplace Lending.

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