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Lexicon Bank: A bank that shows its hand

Independent Banker

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Location: Las Vegas, Nev.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

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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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. According to Unger, bad guys tend to purchase properties in cities where the housing market retains its value and typically use a shell company or a business associate to make the real estate deal. As for the U.K.,

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

PYMNTS

Blanco took to the stage at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference yesterday (August 13). It concerns me when I hear about some compliance budgets being cut by casinos looking to trim costs and retain gamblers,” he noted. The Team Oriented Nature Of Compliance .

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

In this article, we detail our thoughts and the trends we saw last week in Las Vegas from a banking perspective in hopes of giving you the flavor and insight from the conference without you having to walk 10 miles per day and listen to endless vendor pitches. It’s a whirlwind of education, deal-making, eating, and hugging.

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Reimagine your business in the era of AI at Think 2018

Insights on Business

Faced with massively escalating data volumes, exponentially growing regulatory requirements, legacy risk and IT systems that just aren’t up to the new reality and increasing market pressure to improve performance, something has to change. Think is the event where the problems of tomorrow meet the minds of today.

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On the Road with Cornerstone at Ellie Mae Experience 2018

Gonzobanker

Second thing, cost to originate in all of this technology it’s still more expensive now than 10 years ago to originate a mortgage from compliance, and two we’re paying up for. Video Transcript.