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Hong Kong’s New Bank Information Sharing Law to Start in November

Hong Kong is set to implement a significant enhancement to its anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention framework with the commencement of the...

Swedbank SEC Investigation Closed, While U.S. AML Inquiries Persist

Swedbank has announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally closed its six-year investigation into the bank without pursuing enforcement action....

Jersey Investigates Roman Abramovich Over Alleged Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations

Jersey authorities have initiated a criminal investigation into Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, focusing on alleged corruption and money laundering related to the origins of...

Jersey Grants AML Exemptions to Local Lenders While Reinforcing Responsibility

Jersey has introduced a significant regulatory adjustment that eases compliance obligations for certain local lending businesses. Through the Proceeds of Crime (Low Risk Financial...

United Front Against Money Laundering: FATF, Egmont Group, INTERPOL, and UNODC Launch Game-Changing Global Cooperation Handbook

On September 5, 2025, in Paris, a landmark collaboration unfolded: the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Egmont Group, INTERPOL, and the United Nations Office...

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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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