Aml/page/3 news and trends

Swedbank Settles New York Charges in Panama Papers Probe
Legal & Regulation // July 27, 2026

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) secured a $50 million penalty from Swedbank AB and its New York branch in a case in which the regulator alleged that the bank withheld information from investigators. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

FATF Warns ‘DeFi’ Label Is Leaving Centralized Platforms Outside AML Rules
AML // July 24, 2026

The Financial Action Task Force is urging governments to bring decentralized finance platforms under anti-money laundering rules when developers, token holders or other identifiable parties retain meaningful control. It warned that many purportedly decentralized platforms are not as decentralized as they claim. Get the Full...

Fed Joins Banking Regulators to Overhaul Financial Crime-Fighting Rules
Bank Regulation // July 07, 2026

The Federal Reserve Board plans to amend its requirements for banks to maintain anti-money laundering (AML) programs to, among other things, require them to focus their AML resources based on risk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

OCC Applies Bank Secrecy Act to Stablecoin Issuers
Cryptocurrency // June 22, 2026

U.S. banking regulators want to apply new compliance standards to stablecoin issuers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Internet’s Worst Visitors Are Getting Better at Their Jobs

March 31, 2026
Bad bots used to be a nuisance. They had weird names like YissouSpider and Yandex. They were something for cybersecurity teams to tune out with filters and rate limits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe […]

AI Forensics Takes Aim at Compliance Gridlock

March 11, 2026
Watch more: Digital Shift With Flagright’s Madhu Nadig Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

$154B in Illicit Crypto Flows Raises Stablecoin Questions

February 24, 2026
There’s an unavoidable paradox at the heart of stablecoins’ growth story. The tokenized assets promise to modernize money by making dollars programmable, portable and instantaneous, yet their most compelling advantage...

Crypto Crime Hits Record Levels as Nation-States Dodge Sanctions

January 26, 2026
 By most headline measures, 2025 looks like a year where crypto crime exploded. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Quick Reads
UBS Pays $125 Million to Settle US Charges of Repeated AML Failures

August 03, 2026
Four U.S. regulators have reached separate agreements with UBS Financial Services in which the company will pay a total of $125 million to settle violations of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) rules. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited […]

Swedbank Settles New York Charges in Panama Papers Probe

July 27, 2026
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) secured a $50 million penalty from Swedbank AB and its New York branch in a case in which the regulator alleged that the...

Fed Joins Banking Regulators to Overhaul Financial Crime-Fighting Rules

July 07, 2026
The Federal Reserve Board plans to amend its requirements for banks to maintain anti-money laundering (AML) programs to, among other things, require them to focus their AML resources based on...

OCC Applies Bank Secrecy Act to Stablecoin Issuers

June 22, 2026
U.S. banking regulators want to apply new compliance standards to stablecoin issuers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...