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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

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Brigitte Unger, a professor at the Univerity of Utrecht in the Netherlands, is part of a fact-finding panel for Canada’s British Columbia on how to handle the increase of untraceable real estate purchases in Vancouver that are tied to crime syndicates and market abuse. Money laundering through real estate is about $1.6 As for the U.K.,

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. The real estate market is enticing to more than just new homeowners or investors. Real estate market AML risks Real estate is a proven, traditional, and well-established marketplace.

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

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FIs must understand the industry, the markets, and the risks. Follow the FinCEN advisories and watch for future guidance in this growing market. residential real estate market and helps them better understand how actors in markets with relatively fewer AML protections respond to new reporting requirements.

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The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

Fintech Labs Insights

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Below is our curated list of the best global banking tech events, conferences and trade shows in 2023.

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The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

Fintech Labs Insights

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Below is our curated list of the best global banking tech events, conferences and trade shows in 2023.

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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

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At the end of 2021, the Biden administration announced that they would pay closer attention to corruption in the real estate market, with a special focus on all-cash commercial and residential real estate transactions.