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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue. In 2017, over 5.51

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The Super Bowl and human trafficking: how financial institutions can help

Abrigo

Institute Against Human Trafficking reported that the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami saw a 163% increase in human trafficking reports to the national hotline over the course of the event. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. It dropped down to 140 incidents in March 2019.

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Flywheel To Shutter Some Cycling Locations

PYMNTS

In addition to all four Los Angeles studios, the company will also close those in Austin, Texas; Atlanta; the San Francisco Bay area; and North Miami, Florida. According to a Flywheel spokesman, “We decided to take a look at our national footprint and close studios that were under-performing. for an IPO.

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Wells vs. City of Miami Mortgage Case

American Banker

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by Wells Fargo and Bank of America in a lawsuit brought by the city of Miami to determine whether the city can seek redress for lost tax revenue from predatory mortgages.

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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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Vaccine Provides Hope, But Sports And Concerts Keep Live Event Plans Flexible

PYMNTS

Current solutions range from no fans allowed in cities like New York, Detroit and Green Bay, to capacity caps of 12 to 20 percent in Tennessee and Miami, to hard headcount cutoffs of 4,200 in Arizona and 12,000 in Cleveland. 16), Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Sarah Spencer posted on her Twitter feed.

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Is Tribal Lending Done?

PYMNTS

Regulators spent most of 2017 cracking down on the practice. They also argue that the federal and state governments have no right of regulation here, because tribal sovereignty is protected by treaty. Some short-term lenders – particularly those feeling the squeeze from state regulations around such loans (i.e. Tribal Lending

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