All Finance articles – Page 51
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Libra Association soldiers on after PayPal withdraws
PayPal leaving Facebook’s Libra project is just a bump in the road in the drive toward developing a global digital currency payments network, a Libra Association spokesperson says.
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OCC eases stress-testing requirements for banks
New OCC requirements mean national banks and federal savings associations with assets under $250 billion will no longer have to self-administer stress tests annually.
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Compliance takeaways from Barclays’ $6.3M FCPA settlement
Barclays joins a growing list of financial institutions to pay a penalty for violations of the books and records and internal accounting controls provisions of the FCPA due to questionable hiring practices.
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AffirmXCU acquires ComplySight
AffirmXCU, a CUSO of Credit Union Resources, announced the acquisition of compliance application ComplySight.
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FICO upgrades fraud detection software
FICO announced its upgraded Falcon X fraud detection software in addition to the launch of its Financial Crimes Studio.
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MVB Financial Corp acquires Chartwell Compliance
MVB Financial Corp., the holding company for MVB Bank., announced the acquisition of Chartwell Compliance as a wholly owned subsidiary of MVB Bank.
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TIAA adds chief risk and compliance officer
Financial services provider TIAA appointed David Nason to the newly created position of chief risk and compliance officer.
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SEC charges ICOBox for unregistered offering, broker activity
The SEC has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency startup ICOBox, a California company in the business of facilitating other companies’ ICOs, and its founder for conducting an illegal securities offering of its digital tokens and for acting as unregistered brokers for other digital asset offerings.
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Prudential subsidiaries to pay $33M for misleading disclosures
The SEC has charged two subsidiaries of Prudential Financial with failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures to the boards for 94 funds they advised.
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Tullett to pay $13M for supervisory failures and false statements
Tullett Prebon Americas must pay a total of $13 million for failing to supervise employees and making false or misleading statements to CFTC staff.
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What banking CCOs need to know about new terrorist funding order
Impacted financial institutions, including cryptocurrency exchangers, may want to review know-your-customer policies and anti-money laundering compliance in light of President Trump’s executive order.
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Pangea Money Transfer appoints chief compliance officer
Pangea Money Transfer, a mobile-centric money-transfer platform, announced it has appointed Alex Levine as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
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NICE Actimize expands analytics service
NICE Actimize announced the expansion of ActimizeWatch, its secure cloud-based managed analytics service, to its financial market compliance solutions.
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Gemini adds chief compliance officer
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Trust Company announced Noah Perlman has joined as its new chief compliance officer.
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Court: Hyperlinked e-mails don’t count as ‘communication’ for debt collectors
A federal appeals court sided with a consumer in deciding hyperlinked e-mails violate debt notice requirements.
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FINMA publishes AML guidance on blockchain
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has published new guidance on how it applies AML rules to the financial services providers it supervises in the area of blockchain technology.
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Danske reported to police over investment mis-selling
Denmark’s financial regulator has filed a criminal complaint against Danske Bank over a mis-selling scandal that saw its former interim chief executive get fired in June this year.
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Fidelity National Information Services names chief accounting officer
Fidelity National Information Services announced in a Form 8-K the appointment of Christopher Thompson as chief accounting officer.
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Cantor Fitzgerald, BMO Capital to pay $4.5M for mishandling ADRs
Brokers Cantor Fitzgerald and BMO Capital Markets will combine to pay more than $4.5 million to settle charges of improper handling of “pre-released” American Depositary Receipts.
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Fed wants real-time payments, settlements
The Federal Reserve is making an effort to develop a round-the-clock real-time payment and settlement service.