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Weekly Roundup: Maltese Bank Disregarded Thousands of Suspicious Transactions, Australian Bank to Overhaul AML Controls, and More

European lawmakers urged an investigation of Malta's largest lender, Bank of Valetta, after the European Central Bank found that the institution failed to identify and report thousands of suspicious transactions over a period of several years, Reuters reported. More and More Westpac's chairman pledged to hire consultants to upgrade the lender's anti-money laundering program after Australian regulators determined that billions of dollars in suspicious transactions went unreported, Reuters reported. More Rabobank has yet to complete the screening of its 40,000 customers for indicia of possible financial crimes as Dutch authorities ordered last year, NL Times reported, citing state broadcaster NOS....

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