Swiss private bank installs Bitcoin ATM, U.S. lawmakers propose new sanctions against foreign banks tied to North Korea, and more, in this week's roundup.
Deutsche Bank close to settling Federal Reserve investigation, Justice Department houses federal attorney with U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, and more, in this week's roundup.
Credit Suisse reportedly investigating mirror-trade scheme involving Russian subsidiary, China threatens to close Bitcoin exchanges caught violating anti-money laundering regulations, and more, in this week's roundup.
President-elect Donald Trump's advisors are considering options for expanding sanctions against Iran, the European Council proposed designating the sale of high-value cultural items pillaged from conflict zones in Syria as terrorist financing, and more, in this week's roundup.
Deutsche Bank has enacted a hiring freeze amid a series of expensive legal and regulatory settlements, U.S. officials are preparing a new round of sanctions against Russia, and more, in this week's roundup.
Germany may push the EU to adopt a new round of sanctions against Russia, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, HSBC and OCBC Bank are set to test the use of blockchain technology to screen transactions in a trial run, and more, in this week's roundup.
French lawmakers are set to vote on legislation that would establish a new anti-graft agency, the Federal Reserve entered into a written agreement with Liberty Bank, and more, in this week's roundup.
HSBC said it has failed to create an effective U.S. risk management program as required in a 2010 action, New York Governor Mario Cuomo approved a new law classifying certain fantasy sports as games of skill, and more, in this week's roundup.
U.S. prosecutors are investigating employees of Mossack Fonseca, while separately alleging that a painting by Claude Monet was used to launder money in connection with embezzlement from 1MDB, and more, in the weekly roundup.
FIFA executives allegedly give themselves almost $80 million in pay raises and bonuses, Swift warns banks with weak cybersecurity that they might be denied access to its messaging system, and more, in this week's roundup.
French judicial officials will decide in a month whether prosecutors have gathered enough evidence to try the son of Equatorial Guinea's president, Singapore initiated its first-ever terrorism financing case under a 2002 law, and more, in this week's roundup.
Group of Seven nations are expected to agree to bolster their efforts against money laundering and terrorist financing, the Bank of England ordered the banks it regulates to strengthen controls around their Swift terminals, and more, in this week's roundup.
Nigerian Justice Minister Abubakar Malami has called for an upcoming U.K. anti-corruption summit, the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted Panama-based Balboa Bank & Trust, and more, in this week's roundup.
The Vatican received 544 suspicious activity reports in 2015, Australia's financial intelligence unit proposed extending AML regulations to virtual currency companies, and more, in this week's roundup.