Crypto company Anchorage Digital Bank is reportedly being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The nature of the investigation is not known, but the DHS organization that is running it — the El Dorado Task Force — is dedicated to combating money laundering...
Block will pay a $40 million penalty over anti-money laundering deficiencies in its Cash App. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the penalty Thursday (April 10), saying it came after the regulator found “significant failures” in Block’s Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. “All financial institutions, whether...
Fraud and money laundering prevention provider Hawk has raised $56 million in new funding. The Germany-based company says its Series C round, announced Tuesday (April 8), will help it finance further product innovation and fuel expansion efforts, especially in the U.S. “Hawk enables banks to...
A deep dive into Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) Office of Inspector General’s latest audit and report on the agency reveals key risks to banks: They face threats from cyberattacks and from vulnerabilities in third-party relationships. As the number of problem banks remains elevated, the...
February 21, 2025
As enterprises and treasurers integrate with banks to digitize anti-money laundering and know your customer processes, the onboarding process might typically be thought of as the initial moments of interaction. But Jason Marason, vice president of innovation at EvonSys, told PYMNTS that for banks, the lifecycle and maintenance of the corporate client relationships extends beyond […]
January 06, 2025
The challenge for banks and supply chains of doing business online comes at the point of onboarding — the moment a relationship with an enterprise, particularly a small business, is...
December 16, 2024
Today’s interconnected world is, well, increasingly connected. Fundamentally, that means it relies on trust. In the contemporary era dominated by digital payments and financial innovation, advances and threats alike are...
December 10, 2024
A wave of funding rounds over the past several months is giving challenger banks fresh financial firepower to position themselves as alternatives to traditional banks, mainstays of financial services that...
April 21, 2025
CSI has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered anti-money laundering (AML) solution and said it plans to add more solutions of this kind later this year. The provider of financial software and technology said in a Monday (April 21) press release that these new solutions are powered by Dataseers, a B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) company specializing in […]
April 14, 2025
Crypto company Anchorage Digital Bank is reportedly being investigated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The nature of the investigation is not known, but the DHS organization that is...
April 10, 2025
Block will pay a $40 million penalty over anti-money laundering deficiencies in its Cash App. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the penalty Thursday (April 10), saying it came after the regulator found...
April 08, 2025
Fraud and money laundering prevention provider Hawk has raised $56 million in new funding. The Germany-based company says its Series C round, announced Tuesday (April 8), will help it finance...
