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Weekly Roundup: HSBC Lands New AML Penalty, Falcon Private Bank Faces Swiss Fine, and More

U.K. regulators fined HSBC £64 million for transaction-monitoring shortcomings that persisted from 2010 to 2018, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More Falcon Private Bank will pay a nearly $4 million penalty and disgorge almost $8 million in profits after becoming the first lender in Swiss history to face charges of laundering funds, Swiss Info reported. More U.S. regulators assessed an $8 million fine against CommunityBank of Texas for failing to vet $100 million in suspicious payments, moneylaundering.com reported. More The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined California-based Wedbush Securities more than $1 million for failing to flag 61 suspicious deposits by a brokerage whose founder was later...

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