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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

The institutions are the ones shouldering the costs of compliance, examinations, and fines. Reporting Since the real estate industry was exempted from AML requirements in 2002, the onus has been on financial institutions to identify and report suspicious or fraudulent activity.

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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

PYMNTS

trillion a year, reported Mansion Global, citing data from Accuity, a global risk and compliance company. Money laundering through real estate is about $1.6 Patrick Hinchin, vice president of commercial strategy at Accuity, said in the report that money laundering through real estate is becoming more common in Australia, America and the U.K.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

At the recent NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement , FinCEN Director Kenneth A. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk. Financial Institution Response : Virtual currencies are a growing money laundering concern, and they are not going away.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. Cal Ratcliff, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of North Carolina, High Point, NC. Faith Lleva Anderson, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines Federal Credit Union, Fort Worth, TX.

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Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Billion in July

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Fort Worth, Texas. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: Institutions, developers, storage, IT, security, compliance, HSBC (investor). Total dollars raised YTD is $19.3 billion, double the $9.8 billion raised during the same period a year ago. ——-. Fintech deals by size from 23 July to 29 July 2016: Elevate. Alt-lender.

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