Money Laundering

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/startups

Penta co-founder raises €3 million for Swiss banking startup

Relio, a Swiss SME banking startup founded by Lav Odorovic, the co-founder of German digital bank Penta, has raised €3 million.

/crypto

New York regulator hits Coinbase with $50m fine

Coinbase will pay a $50 million penalty and invest another $50 million in its compliance programme to settle a New York State regulatory investigation into its anti-money laundering practices.

/crime

Santander UK fined £107.7m for repeated AML failures

The FCA has fined Santander UK Plc £107,793,300 after it found gaps in its anti-money laundering controls, affecting its business banking customers.

/regulation

Big names back new Canadian fintech association

Mastercard, Square and Wise are among the members of a new not-for-profit group pushing for a "whole-of-government" approach to supporting Canada's fintech ecosystem.

/crime

Featurespace scores funding to develop money laundering AI prototype

Featurespace has secured funding from UK and US governments to develop a prototype privacy-enhancing artificial intelligence system to help banks and payments service providers (PSPs) detect financial crime.

/regulation

Bunq wins AML case against Dutch Central Bank

Dutch challenger bank Bunq has hailed a "landmark" verdict in the Dutch courts over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for anti-money laundering processes.

/crypto

EBA goes to tender for crypto and blockchain data management platform

The European Banking Authority has put out a call for tender for blockchain analytics services and crypto-assets market data.

/regulation

Revolut under pressure over internal audit

Online bank Revolut is facing more questions over its internal controls after it was criticised by a UK regulator for the unacceptably high risk of "material misstatement" in its account auditing.

/regulation

Wise fined by Abu Dhabi watchdog over AML failings

Money transfer firm Wise has been slapped with a $360,000 fine by Abud Dhabi's financial regulator for contravening anti-money laundering rules.

/crypto

Abu Dhabi establishes crypto committee

Abu Dhabi has announced the formation of a government body to develop its strategy for regulating and promoting the world of virtual assets.

/payments

CBDCs could be 'holy grail' of cross-border payments - ECB

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) could be the answer to the thousand-year search for the holy grail of cross-border payments, according to a new paper from the ECB.

/regulation

Robinhood Crypto hammered by New York watchdog over litany of compliance failures

Robinhood's crypto unit (RHC) has been slapped with a $30 million fine by New York State Department of Financial Services for "significant" anti-money laundering, cybersecurity and consumer protection violations.

/crypto

Dutch Central Bank fines Binance EUR3.3m

The Dutch central bank has fined cryptocurrency exchange Binance EUR3.325 million for offering it services in the Netherlands without registration.

/regulation

Canadian banks team on KYC solution

Some of Canada's biggest banks are joining forces with market and infrastructure services provider CanDeal to set up a centralised KYC offering for the capital markets industry.

/regulation

UK removes AISPs from AML regulation

The UK government has decided to remove account information service providers (AISPs) from anti-money laundering regulation.

/regulation

Elucidate raises $8 million to help banks counter surging financial crime

Elucidate, a Berlin-based financial crime risk management platform, has raised $8 million in a funding round led by AV8 Ventures.

/sustainable

Carbonplace and Visa team on carbon credit transfer pilot

Carbonplace, the bank-backed DLT-based carbon credit settlement platform, has successfully carried out a pilot transfer with payments giant Visa.

/regulation

New York regulator tells crypto firms to use blockchain analytics

Cryptocurrency firms should use blockchain analytics tools to guard against financial risks and suspicious activities, a senior New York State regulator has said.

/regulation

First AML launches in the UK

New Zealand-based anti-money laundering technology scaleup First AML has launched in the UK as it seeks to take advantage of a 'perfect storm' of events boosting interest in its platform.

/regulation

FCA warns challenger banks on financial crime checks

Some UK challenger banks are failing to conduct adequate checks on new customers and need to improve their financial crime assessments, according to an FCA review.