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FinCEN reissues real estate Geographic Targeting Orders

Abrigo

While title insurance companies are required to collect and report data on covered transactions, regulators expect financial institutions to have procedures in place to detect these transactions. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Fraud Prevention. keep me informed.

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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. Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases.

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Five At Five: Do Banks Really Appreciate SMBs?

PYMNTS

officials want to overhaul rules for business lending, facial recognition is being deployed to fight bank fraud and Jet has new fuel for its competition against Amazon. Sam’s Club Launches High-Tech Test Store in Dallas. Chinese Banks Embrace Facial Recognition to Fight Fraud. SMBs Say Banks Don’t Appreciate Their Business.

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A Whale of a Tale: Enloe State Bank

Jeff For Banks

And what was going on in this tiny enclave 80 miles northeast of Dallas that has four heads of cattle for every one person? She hid them from the Board and regulators with assistance from unnamed co-conspirators." The OIG was critical of the TDB and the FDIC for how long it took them to uncover the relative level of loan fraud.

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SEC Halts Texas Financial Firm’s ‘Illegal’ ICO

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against a Dallas-based financial firm seeking to launch what might be the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history. In an effort to stop an “illegal offering of securities,” the U.S. In addition, the SEC has warned celebrities about endorsing ICOs.

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FinCEN Tightens Real Estate Cash-Buyer Reporting Threshold

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While the previous purchase amount threshold varied by city, it’s now set at $300,000 for each metropolitan area, covering certain counties within the following major locations: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

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AriseBank To Pay $2.3M Over ICO Violations

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AriseBank, a startup that ran afoul of regulators in the U.S. The report, citing court proceedings in Dallas, reported that AriseBank Founder Jared Rice and Co-founder Stanley Ford took around $4.25 with its initial coin offering (ICO), agreed to pay $2.3 million, reported The Wall Street Journal.