money laundering

Money laundering is the illegal process of concealing the origins of money obtained illegally by passing it through a complex sequence of banking transfers or commercial transactions.

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U.S. Banks Expect Trump To Stay Tough On Money Laundering

U.S. Banks Expect Trump To Stay Tough On Money Laundering
U.S. Banks Expect Trump To Stay Tough On Money Laundering
February 02, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

Despite various signals from the administration that President Trump intended to take a lighter-handed approach to financial services regulation than his predecessor did, it seems...

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Western Union To Pay $586M To Settle With DoJ
Western Union To Pay $586M To Settle With DoJ
January 20, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

The world’s largest money transfer company, Western Union, has agreed to pay a $586 million to settle charges that its anti-money-laundering controls were too lack,...

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African Dictator’s Son Stands Trial For Money Laundering
African Dictator’s Son Stands Trial For Money Laundering
January 03, 2017  |  Cybersecurity

Amid several investigations by France into how several African leaders acquired their wealth, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Obiang, is now on trial...

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EverCompliant Fights Transaction Laundering
EverCompliant Fights Transaction Laundering
December 28, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

Israel-based cyber-intelligence company EverCompliant is the first line of defense against transaction laundering, the digital payments space’s equivalent of traditional money laundering. In a nutshell,...

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Malaysian Wealth Fund In Laundering Scandal
Malaysian Wealth Fund In Laundering Scandal
December 27, 2016  |  Cross-border Payments

The Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1MDB) is currently tied up in a multibillion-dollar, decades-long, international money-laundering scandal. Get the Full Story Complete...

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California AG Revives Backpage.com Lawsuit
California AG Revives Backpage.com Lawsuit
December 27, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

Backpage.com Chief Executive Carl Ferrer, along with two controlling shareholders, are facing fresh charges from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who last week filed a...

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US Has More Work To Do To Curb Money Laundering
US Has More Work To Do To Curb Money Laundering
December 02, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. is falling short when it comes to effectively investigating and prosecuting money laundering and terrorist financing by shell companies, real estate agents and...

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Payments Urban Legends, Both Scary And True
Payments Urban Legends, Both Scary And True
October 31, 2016  |  Payment Methods

We want to make your flesh creep — but in a good way, where you learn something. It is Halloween after all, and PYMNTS had its...

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