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US Banking Regulators Seek Feedback on AML, BSA Model Risk Management Practices

By Valentina Pasquali

U.S. regulators on Friday reiterated that banks may need to take steps to manage the risks presented by the mathematical models they use to comply with anti-money laundering rules, and asked financial institutions to recommend improvements to existing risk management policies. The issuance of a joint statement and request for information, or RFI, by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve and other regulators seeks to address widespread perplexity among AML professionals as to how10-year-old guidance on model risk management, or MRM, applies to the Bank Secrecy Act. Both documents emphasize that each...

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