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FATF Releases First Comprehensive Evaluation Framework Guide to Strengthen Global AML Standards

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international authority that sets anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) standards, has launched its first fully...

FinTech’s Breakneck Expansion Ignites AML Alarms: EBA Warns 70% of Regulators See Rising Risk in 2025

The European Banking Authority’s (EBA) latest 2025 Opinion has sounded a serious warning: financial innovation is outpacing oversight, and the cost may be compliance...

Gibraltar Earns Exit from EU’s AML High-Risk List—A Game Changer for Business and Compliance

Gibraltar has officially been removed from the European Union’s list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorist financing. This marks a major turning...

Binance Partners with BBVA to Offer Off-Exchange Asset Custody, Boosting Security and Trust

Binance has entered into a landmark agreement with Spain’s banking heavyweight BBVA, allowing customers to store their trading collateral—such as U.S. Treasuries—outside the exchange....

Under the Spotlight: U.S. Pressure Sparks Sweeping AML Overhaul in Mexico

Mexico has rolled out sweeping changes to its anti-money laundering (AML) laws following heightened pressure from the United States. The reforms, announced in mid-July...

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RBI Penalises Pune Cooperative Bank for KYC Upload Failures

RBI fined Dharmavir Sambhaji Urban Cooperative Bank ₹10,000 for late CKYCR uploads — one of dozens of cooperative-bank KYC actions in 2026.

DNB Fines ABN AMRO €8.5M Over AML Due Diligence Failures

De Nederlandsche Bank has fined ABN AMRO €8.5m over structural due diligence failures on high-risk customers between 2023 and 2024.

PEP Screening Explained

What a politically exposed person is, why PEPs are higher risk, how screening works, and how to manage a PEP relationship under AML rules.

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) vs Customer Due Diligence (CDD).

What customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence mean, how they differ, and when higher-risk customers require the enhanced approach.
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