As stock markets began to decline, regulators say they believe, other factors came into play that accelerated the fall, including the absence of circuit breakers on several electronic exchanges even as the New York Stock Exchange’s own circuit breakers kicked in. Three rival exchanges stopped rout
"Banks should integrate their anti-money laundering, or AML, efforts with other loss-prevention measures, said James H. Freis Jr., director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN, part of the U.S. Treasury Department. At a conference sponsored by the Institute of International
"Trades may be carried out faster than the blink of an eye but the watchdog charged with overseeing the US futures markets has admitted that it still receives market-related data by fax that is then entered in to its systems by hand.Scott O’Malia, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Co
The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets failed to pinpoint any single cause for last week's stock market plummet that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Index plunging almost 1,000 points in a half hour.
"Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC agreed on Monday to pay $500 million to settle charges that ABN Amro NV, a Dutch bank it acquired in 2007, helped clients evade U.S. sanctions on countries accused of sponsoring international terrorism. "
"TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve said Thursday it has lifted an order against Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp demanding that the Japanese bank improve its safeguards against money laundering. The Fed said it lifted the order against the bank and its New York branch on Thursday. In Janua
"Some Mexican companies complain they are being unfairly accused of money laundering as the United States and Mexico launch new efforts to dismantle the financial empires of drug traffickers. " まっとうな商売がOFAC等のリストに載せられていると抗議するメキシコの会社た
"A U.S. Congressional report has shed new light on massive infusions of suspect money into the United States by people in the inner circles of power in the impoverished African oil-producing countries of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Angola" ガボン・赤道ギニア・ナイジェリア
When asked about it, a National Tax Agency official said a foreign entity operating a server in Japan and trading on it could be considered a "permanent entity" for tax purposes. But, he said, the agency couldnt comment immediately on specific cases.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin Thursday limiting the amount of money individuals can withdraw daily in what officials say is a measure to battle money laundering but analysts see as an attempt to curb inflation by slowing the flow of money.
"Dodgy money transactions are set to be tracked at PayPal Australia after the Company inked an enforceable undertaking with AusTRAC, Australias anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator, after admitting to breaches of Australias anti-money laundering laws. "