Financial Crime

    Anti-Money Laundering

    SEBI Concerned About Money Laundering via PE, VC

    By Garima Chitkara | 11/03/2018

    Indian regulator says looser investment rules could encourage ‘round-tripping’ of funds by domestic investors, concerned about source of funds.

    Cryptocurrency

    Japan FSA Orders Business Improvement, Closures at Crypto Exchanges

    By Manesh Samtani | 10/03/2018

    Five exchanges including recently-hacked Coincheck ordered to improve internal controls; two exchanges ordered to halt services.

    Resolution & Recovery

    Sri Lanka to Bail Out Finance Company Depositors

    By Editors | 09/03/2018

    The central bank has cancelled troubled finance company CIFL’s licence and doubled the maximum deposit insurance payout for each depositor.

    KYC & CDD

    New Initiative to Help Boost Correspondent Banking Relationships

    By Editors | 08/03/2018

    Wolfsberg Group Questionnaire has potential to reduce costs associated with KYC application and streamline the establishment and maintenance of correspondent banking relationships.

    KYC & CDD

    SBI Fined for Noncompliance with Counterfeit Currency Rules

    By Editors | 08/03/2018

    Central bank investigators found that State Bank of India had not complied with rules on detection and impounding of counterfeit notes.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    S. Korea Seeks Powers to Fine False-Name Bank Accounts

    By Editors | 07/03/2018

    Legislative reforms aimed at granting FSC powers to collect fines of over 50 percent of assets found in false-name bank accounts.

    Credit Risk

    RBI Fines Axis Bank $460,000 for Bad Loan Classification Failures

    By Editors | 07/03/2018

    Statutory inspection revealed gross NPAs higher than Axis Bank’s reported numbers; Indian Overseas Bank also fined for KYC failures.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Vietnam Banks Ordered to Improve Internal Security

    By Editors | 07/03/2018

    Central bank instructs commercial lenders to improve staff oversight, upgrade security technology and boost fraud-related information sharing.

    Credit Risk

    APRA Mulls Removal of Mortgage Lending Cap

    By Editors | 06/03/2018

    Removing the 10 percent growth cap would enable banks to increase mortgage lending, ease mortgage rates for investors and boost competition in the sector.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    Profitability through Compliance Technology: Dreaming the Impossible Dream

    By Peter Guy | 05/03/2018

    Large technology investments to improve compliance performance have not yielded desired results almost ten years after the global financial crisis.

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