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Weekly Roundup: Widespread AML Problems at Australian Bank, Wells Fargo Underestimated Fake Accounts Scandal, and More

A leaked internal review which Commonwealth Bank of Australia described as a "working document" allegedly shows that the lender failed to monitor billions of dollars in transactions through its businesses in Australia, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and London, Sky News reported. More CBA's compliance review allegedly demonstrates that management was aware since February of substantial shortcomings in its international anti-money laundering controls and indicates enterprise-wide failures to update product risk assessments since 2013, Reuters and the Australian reported. More and More Wells Fargo & Co. said in a statement that an external review of depository and credit-card...

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