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OCC: Banks Face Higher Compliance Risks Due To Pandemic

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said in a report this week that it will examine how the coronavirus is impacting compliance by financial institutions (FIs). As noted in this space last month, Brian Brooks, acting Comptroller of the Currency, said in letters to the National League of Cities, U.S.

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SEC’s Ripple Lawsuit Prompts Coinbase To Suspend XRP Trading 

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Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has prompted Coinbase to suspend all XRP trading. Factors like security and compliance are considered as well as the platform’s goal of developing an “open financial system for the world. billion “through an unregistered, ongoing digital asset securities offering.”.

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

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The second was the rise of cryptocurrency (though during his remarks he tended to refer to it as Convertible Virtual Currency or CVC). It concerns me when I hear about some compliance budgets being cut by casinos looking to trim costs and retain gamblers,” he noted. Mobile Gaming And Digital Currency .

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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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Japan Joins Chorus Of Regulators Worried About Libra

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The bank is worried that the currency will be difficult to regulate and that it could potentially harm the existing financial system. “It Some are worried that the fact that Libra could be tied to several national currencies means that Facebook is trying to avoid being under control from any particular country. .

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Crypto Platform Bitzlato Charged With Laundering More Than $700 Million of Illicit Money

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financial system, has been used mainly in the past against banks and other financial institutions and in most cases has forced the institution to close. WSJ | Risk and Compliance Journal. Our Morning Risk Report features insights and news on governance, risk and compliance. Concurrent with the U.S. Lisa Monaco.

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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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