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OTS Orders Ideal Federal Savings Bank to Recapitalize The Office of Thrift Supervision issued an order for prompt corrective action against the Baltimore, MD savings association, requiring it to merge with, be acquired by, or sell substantially all of its assets to another financial institution in order to raise capital.
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March 5, 2010
Fed Orders Horizon Bank to Raise Capital The Federal Reserve Board issued an order for prompt corrective action against the Bradenton, FL bank, ordering it to raise capital through sale of equity shares or by entering into a contract to be acquired by or to combine with another depository institution.
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March 4, 2010
Ravalli County Bank Must Improve Lending, Credit Administration The Federal Reserve Board entered into a written agreement with the Hamilton, MT bank and its holding company, Ravalli County Bankshares, also of Hamilton, MT. The agreement requires the bank to establish documentation and underwriting standards for all loans.
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March 4, 2010
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Sweet Charity

 

February 11, 2010

 

The extortion and bribery trial of Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini kicked off at the end of January and continues in the Federal courthouse in Newark. While the focus is, quite properly, on allegations of political corruption, the case raises a number of questions about the oversight of charitable organization, particularly religious foundations. 


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NYSBD Closes LibertyPointe, Names the FDIC Receiver LibertyPointe Bank, New York, NY, was closed by the New York State Banking Department. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was named receiver. Valley National Bank, Wayne, NJ, will assume all of the deposits. This 27th failure this year will cost the FDIC $24.8 million.
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March 11, 2010
Dodd to Present Substitute Financial Reform Package Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced that he will present a substitute to his original financial reform package to the Senate Banking Committee which reflects the input of Senator Bob Corker (R-TX).
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March 11, 2010
HUD Official: FHA Needs Congressional Support to Increase Staff, Improve Technology Systems At a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary David Stevens outlined the Federal Housing Administration 2011 budget request and discussed reforms that the regulator is trying to implement.
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March 11, 2010
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Simplify OFAC list searches with FINRA Combing through the thousands of names on the OFAC sanctions lists can be a long and tedious process. A tool on the FINRA’s website can help.
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Using the Internet to research charities Want to know if a specific charity steers clear of terrorist financing? Guidestar (www.guidestar.org), a database of 850,000 U.S. charitable organizations, allows you to search for charities recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
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Border Smuggling Worries May Influence Treasury Rules on Stored Value Cards Concerns about drug cartel money smuggling could shape expected U.S. Treasury Department compliance rules on how companies should treat stored value cards, according to investigators.
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March 11, 2010
U.S. Should Expand Enforcement of MSB Compliance, Say Industry Leaders The Internal Revenue Service is ill-equipped to examine money services businesses for federal compliance, industry leaders and lawmakers told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday.
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March 10, 2010
DOJ to Expand FCPA Division The U.S. Justice Department plans to grow its staff of less than 10 prosecutors specializing in cases tied to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to 15 or more, a spokeswoman confirmed.
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March 9, 2010
Efforts to Overturn Online Gambling Ban Hampered by Partisan Fighting Partisan bickering and a backlog of legislation are stymieing congressional attempts to overturn a controversial ban on online gambling before a June enforcement deadline, according to analysts.
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March 5, 2010
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The Global AML Front International cooperation is one of the keys to success in the anti-money laundering battle due to the very nature of proceeds of crime and laundering offenses, and the speed with which international financial transactions can take place.
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Reporting Requirements A key goal of a money laundering compliance program is identifying, recording and reporting suspicious transactions or activity. While reporting procedures vary from country to country, a typical suspicious or unusual activity reporting process within a financial institution includes...
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