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APAC Faced the Most Regulatory Fines in H1’24 Reveals Fenergo in Latest Report

The Fintech Times

The US subsidiary of a Canadian bank was issued a fine of $65million for unsafe practices related to operational, compliance, and strategic risk management controls. The bank was ordered to pay the fine to resolve investigations by The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the US Department of the Treasury.

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AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering

FICO

As regulations become ever more demanding, the rules-based systems grow more and more complex with hundreds of rules driving know your customer (KYC) activity and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing.

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The Nitty-Gritty Of Suspicious Activity Reporting

PYMNTS

A recent guest blog presented by G2 Web Services explores the obligations acquirers and third parties have when it comes to filing a Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) form if there is any suspicion of transaction laundering. According to the post , authored by Theodore F. Monroe and Bradley O.

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Top 5 Fraud & Security Posts: AI Meets AML (and Hackers)

FICO

He noted three ways AI systems improve on traditional AML solutions: More effective than rules-based systems: “As regulations become ever more demanding, the rules-based systems grow more and more complex with hundreds of rules driving know your customer (KYC) activity and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing.

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FICO’s New AML Scores Use AI and Machine Learning to Detect More Money Laundering

FICO

FICO’s new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Threat Score and AML Soft-Clustering Misalignment Score, respectively, help large global banks and financial institutions to achieve a 50%+ reduction in alert false positives , and reveal outlier transactions that are highly likely to be money laundering, and otherwise not alerted.

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) establishes AML program requirements for financial institutions in the US while the USA Patriot Act lays down which entities are required to comply. As such, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) establishes certain AML program requirements for financial institutions in the US. Let’s get started.

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Financial Policy Predictions 2021: Meaningful Changes Ahead

FICO

Duguid before the end of June 2021, I believe the court will not only provide some clarity on what an ATDS is but, in doing so, will further facilitate the use by banks and other businesses of legitimate, non-marketing automated or prerecorded voice and text messages to the mobile phones of customers who have the provided requisite consent.

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