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Germany’s BaFin Orders Deutsche Bank To Increase AML Safeguards

Germany’s BaFin Orders Deutsche Bank To Increase AML Safeguards
Germany’s BaFin Orders Deutsche Bank To Increase AML Safeguards
May 02, 2021  |  AML

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the country’s central financial regulator, has ordered Deutsche Bank to toughen its anti-money laundering (AML) controls, the agency said...

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German Prosecutors To Investigate BaFin Over Wirecard Scandal
German Prosecutors To Investigate BaFin Over Wirecard Scandal
April 12, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

Prosecutors in Frankfurt are opening a criminal investigation into the way Germany’s financial regulatory authority BaFin supervised Wirecard AG, and whether a portion of the...

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Germany’s BaFin Pulls The Plug On Greensill Bank
Germany’s BaFin Pulls The Plug On Greensill Bank
March 03, 2021  |  Banking

Operations were frozen at Greensill Bank after Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) filed a criminal complaint against the financial startup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday...

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Today In Payments Around The World: Germany Looks To Bolster BaFin’s Leadership; CMA Tells Viagogo To Sell StubHub’s International Biz
Today In Payments Around The World: Germany Looks To Bolster BaFin’s Leadership; CMA Tells Viagogo...
February 02, 2021  |  News

In today’s top payments news around the world, Germany is looking to strengthen the leadership of its Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), while a U.K....

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Germany Plans To Strengthen BaFin’s Leadership Team
Germany Plans To Strengthen BaFin’s Leadership Team
February 02, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

Germany is looking to beef up the leadership of its Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and plans to hire top experts to oversee regulations, Bloomberg...

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German Regulator’s Top Official Dismissed Over Wirecard Wrongdoing
German Regulator’s Top Official Dismissed Over Wirecard Wrongdoing
January 29, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

Felix Hufeld, head of Germany’s financial watchdog Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), and his deputy, Elisabeth Roegele, have been dismissed over their handling of the...

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Commerzbank Cautioned BaFin About Wirecard Months Before Scandal
Commerzbank Cautioned BaFin About Wirecard Months Before Scandal
January 12, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

Commerzbank warned German financial watchdog BaFin about Wirecard‘s illicit activity early in 2020, before the payment giant’s scandal of missing money came to light later...

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Germany Ends Probe Into Wirecard Accusations Of Journalists
Germany Ends Probe Into Wirecard Accusations Of Journalists
September 03, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

A Munich prosecutor won’t be going forward with a case against two Financial Times (FT) journalists for alleged market manipulation resulting from their 2019 reports...

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