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A Sidelined Wall Street Legend Bets on Bitcoin
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thumbnail www­.newyorker­.com - Audio: Listen to this story. To hear more feature stories, download the Audm app for your iPhone. Michael Novogratz was in a good mood. It was the thirtieth reunion of Princeton’s class of 1987, and …
Africa's investigative journalists collaborate to fight money laundering
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thumbnail www­.myjoyonline­.com - The Head of Joy News investigative desk, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has joined a network of investigative journalists in West Africa for a training programme to track money laundering in the sub-region. T…
Asian Wealth Management and Asian Private Banking - Financial crime and cryptocurrencies
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hubbis­.com - When I was doing some research for this article, I was struck by how many negative comments there are, for example, that cryptocurrencies are used by terrorists, by drug dealers, money launderers and…
US Cuts off ZTE From American Tech Suppliers
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thumbnail www­.anandtech­.com - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced the activation of a denial order against ZTE, banning the company from US technologies covered under E…
Backpage.com co-founder released from jail on a $1M bond
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thumbnail kyc360­.com - AP — A co-founder of the classified advertising site Backpage.com who has been jailed for the last 10 days on charges of facilitating prostitution was released on a $1 million bond Monday as he await…
US, UK say Russia targets internet hardware for espionage
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thumbnail kyc360­.com - AP – Washington and London on Monday jointly accused the Russian government of maliciously targeting global internet equipment for political and economic espionage. The two governments said the Russi…
U.S. Fines ZTE of China $1.19 Billion for Breaching Sanctions
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thumbnail www­.nytimes­.com - The ban, however, was never put in place, and instead the Chinese company was given a series of reprieves. Still, ZTE, which is China’s second-largest maker of telecom equipment, has not fared well o…
Scott Shaffer: Due diligence will always be a human skill - The FCPA Blog - The FCPA Blog
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thumbnail www­.fcpablog­.com - In the recent Kinross FCPA case, the Securities and Exchange Commission stated that: “Kinross contracted with a politically-well-connected third-party consultant to facilitate contacts with high-leve…
New York launches a fact-finding inquiry into Coinbase, Binance and other exchanges
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thumbnail techcrunch­.com - As cryptocurrencies continued shaking off their April hangover, the state of New York is trying to figure out what to do with this whole coin thing. On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneid…
Bermuda Outlines Cryptocurrency Regulations to Attract Entrepreneurs
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thumbnail finance­.yahoo­.com - Bermuda is moving forward on virtual currency legislation as it seeks to attract fintech entrepreneurs, the country’s Minister of National Security noted during an overview of its proposed fintech re…
7 “Proofs” To Consider When Evaluating Token Offerings
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thumbnail medium­.com - A new token, just like any new product, can be — to borrow the words of Shark Tank’s Lorrie Greiner — a “hero or a zero”. Tokens can be categorized by purpose. There are tokens that are intended to r…
‘U.S. to Fine Turkish Banks Over Iran Trade’
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kayhan­.ir - ANKARA (Dispatches) -- Six Turkish banks face billions of dollars of fines from U.S. authorities over alleged violations of sanctions with Iran, the Haberturk newspaper reported on Saturday, citing s…
U.S. backs EU Iran sanctions push, warns firms against Tehran trade
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thumbnail uk­.reuters­.com - LONDON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday welcomed a push by some EU states to impose new sanctions on Iran and warned firms considering doing business with the Islamic Republic that they could…
World’s Second Largest Crypto Exchange OKEx Moves To ‘Blockchain Island’ Of Malta
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thumbnail cointelegraph­.com - Malta, which has recently passed regulatory legislation concerning Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) in a bid to become a crypto-friendly “Blockchain island,” is welcomin…
U.S. bans American companies from selling to Chinese phone maker ZTE
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thumbnail www­.reuters­.com - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is banning American companies from selling components to leading Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp for seven years for violating the term…
FBI Dir. Comey: Member, HSBC Board – Clinton Foundation and Drug Cartel Money Launderer
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thumbnail geopolitics­.co - Now, it can be made clear as to why the FBI Director James Comey had been flip-flopping with his statements regarding the Clintons’ slew of high crimes, i.e. he has multiple conflicts of interest whe…
Germany's Second Largest Stock Exchange Launches Crypto Trading Platform - Unblock
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thumbnail unblock­.net - Sowa Labs, a subsidiary of Börse Stuttgart, the second-largest stock exchange in Germany has developed its own cryptocurrency trading app called Bison. This was made known via a press release on Frid…
Bermuda Regulator Seeks Feedback on Crypto AML Regulations
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thumbnail atozforex­.com - Bermuda regulator seeks feedback on Crypto AML regulations as a part of Bermuda’s plan to attract new cryptocurrency businesses to the island. BMA has published a 150-page long consultation paper ent…
It's time to strengthen Canada’s anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing regime - The Hill Times
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thumbnail www­.hilltimes­.com - Trudeau government in ‘home stretch’ of mandate, political insiders suggest a reset with Throne Speech, summer cabinet shuffle With the next election only 19 months away, Prime Minister Justin Trude…
Why banks can’t see the forest for trees when it comes to money laundering | Quantexa
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thumbnail www­.quantexa­.com - 2017 saw several of the UK’s top tier banks accused of inadvertently facilitating the laundering of enormous sums of money thought to be linked to crime rings and corrupt officials. Much of the media…
Islamic banks face uneven impact from correspondent banking decline -industry group
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thumbnail www­.reuters­.com - April 16 (Reuters) - An industry body for Islamic banks has warned of uneven impact from a decline in correspondent banking, reinforcing concerns that small lenders in developing economies will be mo…
What are some of the key KYC/AML regulations in Luxembourg that clients should be aware of? | IR Global
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thumbnail www­.irglobal­.com - Luxembourg has a comprehensive and extensive anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML&CFT) legal, regulatory and institutional framework based for the most part on EU instr…
Latvia overhauls banking amid money-laundering accusations
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thumbnail www­.businesstimes­.com­.sg - EUROZONE member Latvia is scrambling to reform its banking sector after US authorities accused its third-largest lender of large-scale money laundering with connections to North Korea's nuclear weapo…
Ripple Calls for Balanced UK Cryptocurrency Regulations | Crypto News
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thumbnail atozforex­.com - Ripple Calls for balanced UK Cryptocurrency regulations, calling Japan “the leader” of cryptocurrency regulation. He added that some other nations, including the UK, could follow Japanese approach an…
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