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Latvia's financial regulator fined Russian-owned Rigensis Bank €1 million for “serious” anti-money laundering compliance violations, including failing to comply with a ban on providing services to shell companies, LSM.LV reported. More Banks in Latvia have lost almost all their U.S. correspondent relationships following a series of money laundering scandals, forcing them to rely on intermediaries in Poland or Spain to access U.S. dollars, Latvian officials told The New York Times. More Belgium's central bank imposed a €350,000 penalty on the local affiliate of Dutch lender ING for AML compliance lapses, Bloomberg reported. More Users of Facebook's planned cryptocurrency will have...