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

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financial system, and regulators will expect it. The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as using force, fraud, or coercion in exchange for labor, services, or a commercial sex act. Read now Blog Advisory Services AML Software AML Training AML/CFT BSA Rules and Regulation Human Trafficking SAR Navigating the U.S.-Mexico

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CFPB, USAA Settle After Violations

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USAA, which is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, was accused of not properly honoring customers’ requests to stop payments on preauthorized electronic fund transfers. In an email to the San Antonio Express-News , USAA said it was acting in the best interests of its customers. million in civil money penalty.

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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. BSA Rules and Regulation. million in 2021.

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The Regulation Iceman Commeth For The On-Demand Economy

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Those services launched into virgin territory in terms of regulation — businesses of this kind had never quite existed before — and so the rules and regs in place did not quite manage to directly address them. Reports are that three weeks in, Austin Uber drivers have decamped to San Antonio. The Big Austin Loss .

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

When the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors was introduced at ICBA LIVE in San Antonio, Texas, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the air. Treasurer Sarah Getzlaff, CEO, Security First Bank of North Dakota, New Salem, N.D. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. By Molly Bennett.

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

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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. The 12 major U.S.

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. Many have been bankers themselves and sometimes industry regulators or attorneys. Bank Security Institute. For more information, visit www.icba.org/education. Community Banking LIVE®.