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North Korean lenders continue using SWIFT, U.S. lawmakers push for congressional investigation of Deutsche Bank, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Reps. Ted Poe and Dana Rohrabacher introduced legislation calling for Pakistan to be blacklisted as a state sponsor of terrorism, financial institutions in Singapore filed over 30,000 STRs in 2015, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Dozens of U.S. and Cuban officials met with bankers from both nations last month, clients of Switzerland's Banca della Svizzera Italiana withdrew roughly $6.4 billion after news of 1MDB scandal broke, and more, in the midweek roundup.
The Philippines launched a unit to develop new cybersecurity policies, U.S. lawmakers are considering several bills that would extend the Iran Sanctions Act so that "snapback" sanctions could be imposed, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Germany is prepared to ease sanctions against Russia within the year, HSBC has implemented new restrictions on the use of safety-deposit boxes at its Hong Kong branches, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Singapore's central bank revoked BSI Bank's license to operate in the city-state, about $11 billion in illegal proceeds derived from an estimated 23,000 crimes were transferred out of Russia last year, and more, in the midweek roundup.
JPMorgan Chase took steps to limit the number of employees with access to the bank's portal with Swift, North Korea has imposed new customer identification and suspicious activity reporting rules, and more, in the midweek roundup.
American investigators believe an insider aided the theft of $81 million from Bangladesh Bank, Britain's David Cameron angers Nigerian officials ahead of an anti-corruption summit, and more, in this week's news roundups.
The Kremlin has asked the U.S. Treasury Department to produce proof that Russian President Vladimir Putin is corrupt, a U.N. panel advised the Security Council to place travel bans and asset freezes on South Sudan's president, and more, in the midweek roundup.
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is preparing an enforcement action against the Bank of China, Guernsey is looking to raise the cap on AML fines, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Countries around the globe could suspend their economic sanctions against Iran by Monday, the UAE revoked the license of Al Zarooni Exchange for its alleged violation of AML rules, and more, in the midweek roundup.
Criminal gangs in the United Kingdom are recruiting teenagers on Facebook to move illicit funds, the UN and U.S. lawmakers are weighing new sanctions against North Korea, and more, in the midweek roundup.
