AML

Anti-money laundering (AML) refers to a set of laws, regulations, and procedures intended to prevent criminals from disguising illegally obtained funds as legitimate income. Though anti-money-laundering laws cover a relatively limited range of transactions and criminal behaviors, their implications are far-reaching.

AML
PYMNTS Intelligence: Fighting Fraud While Ensuring Money Mobility
PYMNTS Intelligence: Fighting Fraud While Ensuring Money Mobility
July 08, 2022  |  Disbursements

Maximizing money mobility is the goal in today’s digital-first economy, but digital banking’s vulnerability to bad actors has made fraud a pervasive threat to this...

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Flutterwave Denies Kenyan Regulator’s AML Claims
Flutterwave Denies Kenyan Regulator’s AML Claims
July 07, 2022  |  AML

Digital payments FinTech Flutterwave has denied any wrongdoing after a court in Kenya froze its bank accounts. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (July 7), Kenya’s...

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AML Software Firm Lucinity Raises $17M
AML Software Firm Lucinity Raises $17M
July 07, 2022  |  Investments

Anti-money laundering (AML) software maker Lucinity has raised $17 million in a Series B round, the Icelandic company announced Thursday (July 7). Founder and CEO...

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Money Mobility Tracker: Adopting Security, AML, Anti-Fraud Measures
Money Mobility Tracker: Adopting Security, AML, Anti-Fraud Measures
July 07, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Figuring out the best way to maximize money mobility is the goal in today’s digital-first economy, but digital banking’s vulnerability to bad actors has made...

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Fed, FinCEN, OCC Urge Banks to Take More Measured Approach to Customer Due Diligence
Fed, FinCEN, OCC Urge Banks to Take More Measured Approach to Customer Due Diligence
July 07, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the National Credit Union Administration,...

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Anti-Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Anti-Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering: Two Sides of the Same Coin
July 06, 2022  |  AML

The trade group UK Finance recently published its annual fraud report, and the picture isn’t pretty for British consumers. Financial fraud in the country rose...

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Biometrics, Digital Identity Help Online Banks Push the Limits on Money Mobility
Biometrics, Digital Identity Help Online Banks Push the Limits on Money Mobility
July 06, 2022  |  Disbursements

Where consumers once had to wait for payments to post, they now expect their money to move instantly between accounts. Maximum money mobility is the...

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FATF: International Crypto AML Framework is Lacking
FATF: International Crypto AML Framework is Lacking
July 01, 2022  |  AML

Too many countries lack legal frameworks to fight the use of cryptocurrency in money laundering or terrorist funding, according to a Paris-based intergovernmental group that...

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Weekly TechREG EMEA: EU Agrees on Crypto Regulation With Strict Controls on Stablecoins; EU Banking Regulator Proposes Standard APIs To Boost Open Banking 
Weekly TechREG EMEA: EU Agrees on Crypto Regulation With Strict Controls on Stablecoins; EU Banking...
July 01, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

This week the most notorious development in the TechREG space is the agreement reached by EU institutions on the scope of the regulation that will...

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