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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change. The institutions are the ones shouldering the costs of compliance, examinations, and fines.

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MoneyGram CEO On Ant Financial — And The Transformation of Payments

PYMNTS

The first big story was about immigration and the possibility of a border wall financed by taxing or freezing the billions in remittances that migrants send from the U.S. Which made last week extraordinary in at least two regards: Remittances made the headline news twice. to Mexico each year.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

million for its compliance tools. Compliance tools for digital interactions. HQ: Dallas, Texas. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Consumers, tax prep, personal financial management. It was another busy week for Finovate alums with six raising new funds: StreetShares raised $4.5 SmartAsset raised $3.8 Tradesocio.

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