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Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto

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The hacking of virtual currency exchanges and related money laundering for the benefit of North Korean actors poses a grave threat to the security and integrity of the global financial system,” said U.S. but did not register with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Attorney Timothy J.

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Anti-Money Laundering Practices

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Money Laundering Prevalence and Practices When bad actors possess large sums of cash that they want to place into the financial system without raising flags, money laundering techniques such as “structuring” are used. As a result, they’re also more susceptible to impacts like those described above.

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FinCEN Hits Capital One For $390 Million; Says Bank Violated Bank Secrecy Act

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It also said the bank’s Check Cashing Group admitted that it failed to file thousands of suspicious activity reports (SARs) as well as thousands of Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) from 2008 to 2014. financial system.”.

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FinTechs Take On Payment Rail Status Quo

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Although SWIFT revealed plans for its account-to-account functionality last month, the announcement only began making headlines a few days ago. The technology aims to mix payment rails, with companies paying their invoices via card on the Billhop platform, and Billhop paying those vendors via direct deposit to their bank account.

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Co-Creator: Libra Will Let Everyone Access Economy

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The co-creator of Facebook’s recently announced cryptocurrency, Libra , said the currency was created to help the unbanked population easily access the financial system, according to a Facebook post he wrote on Wednesday (July 3). owns and controls Calibra, it won’t see financial data from Calibra,” he wrote.

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Uphold Acquires Mobile Payments Platform Cortex MCP

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In a move to strengthen its digital money platform with secure payment applications, Uphold has acquired Cortex MCP. Cortex’s mobile-centric, closed-loop payment and secure tokenization solutions provide industry-leading technologies and security to our platform,” Uphold COO William Dennings said in the announcement.

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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency

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We’re not building a new currency,” the official told Bloomberg. Estonia , which is among the most tech-friendly countries in eastern Europe, had been a leader in potentially issuing a national cryptocurrency, but the plan was criticized by Draghi earlier in the year when he said the euro can be the only currency in the country. “No