AML

Senators holding private bipartisan discussions on AML reform deal

11/28/18

Four members of the Senate Banking Committee are trying to reach a compromise on legislation to revamp Bank Secrecy Act procedures after prior legislative efforts failed.

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Bitcoin nosedive continues; nearly 30 large banks sign UN ethics code

11/27/18

Miners of the digital currency are losing interest, which could lead to more price declines; scandal-scarred banks among those that endorse Principles for Responsible Banking.

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Homeowners cash out; Bitcoin accepted in Ohio

11/26/18

Cash-outs accounted for 80% of mortgage refinances in the third quarter; state will accept bitcoin for business tax payments.

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Will Q3 profits kill reg relief?; Protecting elderly depositors

11/21/18

Record bank profits could make it tougher to get more regulatory relief; banks monitoring older clients’ mental health.

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Cost of doing business with sanctioned nations; Quarles may go global

11/20/18

Société Générale pays more than $1 billion for working with Cuba and others; Fed vice chair in line for global regulator chief role.

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Societe Generale fined $1.34B for violating U.S. sanctions

11/19/18

The French bank was hit with a billion-dollar fine after it was found to have unsafe practices that violated sanctions against Cuba and other sanctioned countries.

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Deutsche Bank is said to be drawn deeper into Danske scandal

11/19/18

The German lender was a correspondent bank for the Tallinn, Estonia, branch of Danske Bank that is the focus of multiple international investigations.

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BofA, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank said to be drawn into Danske probe

11/16/18

The Justice Department is seeking information about potential transactions the banks may have handled for a small Danske branch in Estonia that’s at the center of one of the biggest money-laundering investigations in history, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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Goldman Sachs' tough sell; survey sees rate hike and recession

11/16/18

Prosecutors are unlikely to buy Goldman's rogue banker defense, observers say; survey predicts recession within two years.

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Payday lender's emails tell a different story on Choke Point

11/12/18

Top executives at Advance America acknowledged that anti-money-laundering concerns at banks were likely the cause of account terminations, even as they publicly blamed a stealth regulatory campaign.

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