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Silvergate Bank to pay $63M to Fed, California over BSA/AML deficiencies

2024-07-02T13:50:00+01:00By

Crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank will pay a total of $63 million penalties to California and the Federal Reserve Board to settle charges that its anti-money laundering program failed to properly monitor over $1 trillion worth of customer transactions.

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FATF removes Jamaica, Türkiye from watchlist; adds Monaco, Venezuela

2024-07-01T15:58:00+01:00By

Jamaica and Türkiye made “significant progress” addressing deficiencies in their anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs, warranting their removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list.

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How fintechs can overcome major compliance hurdles in embedded finance

2024-07-01T15:45:00+01:00By Margaret Holmes Tibbets, CW guest columnist

Margaret Holmes Tibbets, chief compliance officer at financial technology company Pipe, explains how firms are facing an existential compliance crisis, and to survive they’ll need to overcome not one but two hurdles.

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Banks must bolster awareness of fintech partner risks, experts advise at Fordham

2024-07-01T15:44:00+01:00By

During a panel at Compliance Week’s Financial Crimes and Regulatory Compliance Summit, held June 10-11 in New York, experts discussed nuances in bank-financial technology partnerships, offering best practices for how banks should protect themselves.

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Bank of England report: ’Need to improve’ private equity risk management

2024-06-28T19:30:00+01:00By

A Bank of England report warned of private equity risk management deficiencies as interest rates remain stagnant, with international coordination important.

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FinCEN proposes additional risk assessments for AML/CFT programs

2024-06-28T17:00:00+01:00By

Financial institutions would be required to conduct more thorough risk assessments on their anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism programs under a new rule proposed by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

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July 11 | GRC readiness: Your roadmap to effective integrated risk management

2024-06-27T16:55:00+01:00Provided by and

Taking on challenges from the always changing regulatory environment to cyber risks and data security requires a proactive, integrated approach to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management.

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DOE offers supply chain cybersecurity guidance for energy, oil, gas industries

2024-06-27T16:37:00+01:00By

The U.S. Department of Energy released supply chain cybersecurity principles meant to help strengthen key technologies used to manage and operate electricity, oil, and natural gas systems.