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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. Why real estate? In 2017, over 5.51

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s no small feat for any de novo, especially during a pandemic.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk.

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

PYMNTS

This will allow us to build, scale and offer customized financial and crypto products for the local Indian markets,” said Unicas Chief Executive Dinesh Kukreja said in a prepared statement. The operation also will provide traditional banking services, according to the backers. If the U.S.

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Technisys – Ready With A Digital Banking Core For North & South America

Tech and Finance

The company now makes its headquarters in Miami. Santos said the company will use the new round of funding to pursue business worldwide disrupting the market in financial services. “We So Technisys is well-positioned for a market that is unhappy with incumbents. regulation, including state regulations.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

PYMNTS

No small businesses in those areas means no SMB jobs in those markets. Furman, in his speech, said that an Economist report published in 2016 showed that the top four companies in more than 40 percent of the 900 industries they examined controlled more than a third of the market. The rest of the country, combined , added 300,000.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

Last week, Nacha held its Smarter Faster Payments Conference in Miami, a significant event for over 1,800 bankers and vendors. Its ability to detect and uncover money laundering and fraud at scale, including those perpetrated by organized crime, terror financing, and nation-state actors, is unparalleled.