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Weekly Roundup: EU Officials Investigate Maltese FIU, Chilean Cryptocurrency Firm Sues Banks, and More

The European Banking Authority has launched an investigation into the quality of supervision by Malta’s financial intelligence unit of Pilatus Bank, whose accounts were frozen after U.S. authorities charged its former chairman, Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, with money laundering and sanctions evasion, Reuters reported. More A Chilean trading platform for cryptocurrencies has filed a lawsuit accusing six domestic lenders, including Banco de Chile, Santander and Scotiabank, of curbing free competition by refusing to provide the firm with banking services, Bitcoin.com reported. More Malaysian authorities have entered into informal, private discussions with U.S. prosecutors on how to target $600 million in...

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