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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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Hacker Tracker: Cyberattacks Come In All Shapes And Sizes

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Systems were infected June 14, and normal operations did not resume until June 20. There [are] many you don’t hear about because companies don’t want to publicize them, and it’s not legally required to report every incident,” Bill Kelly, senior vice president for underwriting at San Antonio insurer Argo Pro, told Xconomy.

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Biometrics are already mass-market for banking

Tomorrow's Transactions

This is why I was so interested to see USAA Bank (based in San Antonio, Texas), a bank that is well-known for being highly focused on customer service and innovative in the use of new technology to improve the customer experience, roll-out face-recognition for mobile phones using the technology of one of Consult Hyperion’s clients, Daon.

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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

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While many think of trade, commerce, and cultural exchange when considering this region, ignoring the undertow of illicit activities is impossible—the border remains a hotspot for drug trafficking, illegal arms trade, human trafficking, and smuggling operations, necessitating vigilant scrutiny and transaction monitoring within the U.S.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

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Although migrants knowingly engage with smugglers wittingly, they can become victims of this crime, as evidenced by the San Antonio, Texas discovery in June 2022 of 53 migrants—including children—who died in a tractor-trailer as they attempted to enter the United States illegally. How human smugglers operate. Fraud Prevention.