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MUFG Bank Enters Consent Order With OCC Over AML Compliance

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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), over deficiencies that the OCC identified in the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. The OCC identified the deficiencies in the bank’s branches in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. MUFG Bank said the OCC recognized improvements the bank made to its U.S.

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Deep Dive: An Automated Approach To The $2T Global Money Laundering Problem

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The term “money laundering” is believed to have originated as a result of infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone’s habit of channeling criminally obtained funds through laundromats, as their cash-heavy nature made it more difficult for the right side of the law to detect such money mixed in among legitimate payments.

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AeroPay Closes Seed Round Led By Continental Investors

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The Chicago-based FinTech announced on Tuesday (Sept. A division of Partner Colorado Credit Union, Safe Harbor provides a compliance-based banking program for cannabis businesses. Alternative payments platform AeroPay is looking to accelerate its growth after closing a seed round of capital led by a top FinTech investment firm.

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Amount, a Fintech Startup, Signs Deal to Help TD Bank in Digital Personal Lending

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The speed at which financial institutions are expected to meet changing customer demands drove Chicago-based fintech Amount and TD Bank into a strategic partnership that will have the bank using Amount's platform to make personal loans.

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Illinois Adds Facial Recognition To Driver’s ID Applications

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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Illinois is set to add facial recognition services to its driver’s license application process. Among the proposed methods, facial recognition has long been a pie-in-the-sky solution, but Illinois is the latest state to show that there’s a future in the tech. ”

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

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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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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

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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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