Latest Financial Crime News: Finextra Research

CFTC orders FTX to pay customers $12.7 billion

FTX has been ordered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to pay $12.7 billion to FTX customers and victims of its fraud, the largest recovery in CFTC history.

09 August 2024

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Finextra is getting a new look!

We’re excited to go live with Finextra’s new website next week.

02 August 2024

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ThetaRay boosts AI financial crime detection with Screena acquisition

AI-powered financial crime detection specialist ThetaRay has acquired screening company Screena. Financial terms were not disclosed.

30 July 2024

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UK Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq called on to reduce APP fraud reimbursement to £30k

This news comes a week after the UK payments group issued a plea to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to impose a 'Tech Levy' on social media giants to pay for the impact of payments fraud originating from their platforms.

11 July 2024

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Nordea charged over Danish money laundering cases

Denmark officially brought charges to Nordea in the country’s biggest money laundering case to date, stating the bank violated the Danish anti-money laundering act several times between 2012 and 2015.

05 July 2024

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EBAday 2024: Collaboration is key to fraud management

In one of the closing sessions of EBAday 2024 in Lisbon, panellists Marc Corbalan, VP of RTP analytics at Visa; Erwin Kulk, head of service development and management at EBA Clearing; Simone Löfgen, global head of payment platforms and managing director at Commerzbank; and Kannan Rasappan, founder and CEO of Banfico, explored innovations in cybersecurity in a panel titled ‘New approaches to fraud management’.

20 June 2024

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EBAday 2024: Fintech Zone finalists revealed!

For the sixth year running, EBAday will host a dedicated Fintech Zone, where 16 early stage and growth startups will compete for the chance to be crowned the 2024 winner.

11 June 2024

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HSBC and BNY Mellon early adopters for Quantexa GenAI suite

HSBC and BNY Mellon are among the early adopter programme participants for Quantexa's Q Assist context aware generative AI technology suite.

10 June 2024

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EBAday 2024: 100 banks registered and ready to fuel the payments technology conversation

Q. What does the payments sector look for in a conference? A. The number of banks registered to attend and the number of bank speakers on the agenda, ready to openly communicate to the audience how they are currently leveraging technology.

29 May 2024

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Ex-Citi employee files wrongful termination lawsuit alleging the bank hid data from regulators

A former managing director at Citigroup is suing the bank and COO for unlawful termination on the grounds of allegedly refusing to provide regulators with false information.

24 May 2024

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EU expands AML regulation impacting cryptocurrency compliance

The European Parliament has voted to adopt a package of laws to strengthen the EU’s AML and terrorist financing toolkit, with a particular impact on the cryptocurrency industry.

26 April 2024

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NextGen Nordics 2024: Can behavioural biometrics fix fraud?

Moderating her second panel of the day - Fraud prevention and AML: the need for behavioural biometrics in this instant age - Finextra’s senior reporter Niamh Curran spoke to Megan Heald, senior project manager at NICE Actimize, John Sam-Kubam, senior vice president at Crown Agents Bank, Beju Shah, head of Nordic centre at the Bank of International Settlements, and Robert Woods, director international market planning and financial services SME at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.

25 April 2024

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