Latest Money Laundering News: Finextra Research

Lithuania revokes Transactive Systems UAB's licence over AML failures

The Bank of Lithuania has revoked Transactive Systems UAB's electronic money institution licence and fined the payments firm €280,000 for "seriously and systematically" infringing anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing requirements.

01 June 2023

News/regulation

BIS explores use of data, tech and collaboration to combat money laundering

Using payments data, privacy-enhancing technologies, AI and enhanced cooperation for a behavioural-based analysis approach to detecting money laundering networks is more effective than the current rules-based approach, concludes new research from the BIS Innovation Hub.

31 May 2023

News/startups

RegTech startup Amlyze snags $1 million pre-seed investment

Vilnius-based RegTech startup Amlyze, has concluded a $1 million pre-seed investment round led by Practica Capital, with participation from Lithuania's Firstpick accelerator and venture capital fund.

18 May 2023

News/regulation

Regulator AML concerns scuppered TD Bank-First Horizon deal - WSJ

TD Bank's $13.4 billion purchase of US bank First Horizon collapsed over regulator concerns about the Canadian lender's anti-money laundering (AML) practices, according to the Wall Street Journal.

09 May 2023

News/regulation

Crypto ATMs the target of continued FCA crackdown

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been working alongside the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit in Yorkshire, the Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, and the Nottinghamshire Police Force to continue its crackdown on unregistered crypto ATMs.

05 May 2023

News/regulation

ECEX ensures AML compliance with facial recognition at currency exchage machines

Currency exchange machines featuring facial recognition technology have been installed in a variety of airports and travel hubs across Europe in a bid to clamp down on money laundering.

05 May 2023

News/regulation

Financial watchdog puts banks on alert over money laundering via the Post Office

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has outlined measures to reduce the risk of money laundering via the Post Office, as more banks quit the high street and hand over the handling of cash services to the postal service.

24 April 2023

News/crypto

EU Parliament votes for new crypto rules

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) crypto licensing regulations.

20 April 2023

News/people

EML Payments CEO out as firm considers sale

Australia's EML Payments has parted ways with its CEO after less than a year and initiated a strategic review that could lead to a sell off, as it struggles to placate the Central Bank of Ireland over anti-money laundering deficiencies at its Irish subsidiary.

18 April 2023

News/crime

US says crooks using DeFi to launder illicit proceeds

North Korea, cybercriminals, ransomware attackers, thieves, and scammers are using DeFi services to transfer and launder their illicit proceeds, according to the US government.

11 April 2023

News/regulation

Regtech Fourthline scores €50 million funding round

European Regtech Fourthline has raised €50m from Finch Capital and other new and previous investors.

03 April 2023

News/crime

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman launches economic crime plan

Home Secretary Suella Braverman announced the second part of the UK Government’s economic crime plan at the Economic Crime Congress this week.

31 March 2023

News/regulation

FCA takes aim at payment firms over 'unacceptable' risks

The Financial Conduct Authority has written to nearly 300 payment companies warning that it will shut them down if they do not take prompt action to address "unacceptable" risks to consumers and financial system integrity.

16 March 2023

News/startups

Monnai raises $6.5m to help fintechs use consumer data

Monnai, a provider of consumer insights infrastructure for financial institutions, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global.

10 March 2023

News/people

N26 chief risk officer quits

German digital bank N26 has lost its third senior executive in a year, with chief risk officer Thomas Grosse leaving for personal reasons.

03 March 2023

News/regulation

Mizuho International picks SymphonyAI to tackle money laundering

Mizuho International, the London-based securities and investment banking arm of Japanese giant Mizuho Financial Group, is rolling out technology from SymphonyAI to help it detect financial crime.

21 February 2023

News/regulation

Railsr unit faces Lithuanian investigation into money laundering failures

A subsidiary of embedded banking platform Railsr is being investigated by the Bank of Lithuania over concerns it has been "grossly and systematically" violating money laundering and terrorist financing laws.

17 February 2023

News/identity

Plaid rolls out identity and KYC integration in Canada

Plaid has announced it will enable its identity verification and KYC solutions in Canada, to help users comply with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) requirements.

17 February 2023