All posts tagged "Sanctions"
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2.0KAML / KYCDPRK Cyber Crime Group Increasingly Active in S Korea
The primary targets of the cyberattacks are cryptocurrency traders, exchanges and others who work in the field, according to cyber security firm ESTsecurity.
May 18, 2020 -
801AML / KYCWestpac Files Defence in Federal Court on its AML/CTF Failures
While Westpac made a number of admissions regarding AUSTRAC's claims, the bank said the majority of its international money transfers were correctly reported.
May 16, 2020 -
2.7KAML / KYCUS Prosecutors Target Foreign Bank Records in North Korean Cyber Hunt
US authorities may be signalling their intent to increasingly use the PATRIOT Act to gain access to foreign bank records in DPRK sanctions investigations, says Nick Turner at Steptoe & Johnson.
May 5, 2020 -
2.5KAML / KYCSingapore’s Financial Industry’s Role in Preventing Sanctions Evasion
Given its geographical location and reputation as a major finance and trading hub, Singapore firms need to take extra care to avoid implicating themselves in sanctioned transactions.
April 23, 2020 -
833AML / KYC
US Agencies Issue Alert on North Korea Cyber Threat
The advisory highlights the powers US agencies have to subpoena foreign FIs that maintain a correspondent bank account in the US to gain access to customer records stored overseas.
April 22, 2020 -
662AML / KYCIndustrial Bank of Korea to Pay $86m for US Sanctions Violations
The bank failed to capture and prevent USD 1 billion in transactions to Iranian entities, cleared through financial institutions located in New York including its own branch.
April 22, 2020 -
1.1KAML / KYCS. Korea AML/CFT Framework Significantly Strengthened: FATF
Korea demonstrates effective cooperation among local authorities, the private sector and foreign counterparts; and effective use and development of financial intelligence.
April 19, 2020 -
3.6KAML / KYCThe Latest Thinking On Beneficial Ownership, Power And Control
Data is the first line of defence when it comes to protecting one’s business from links to wrongdoing.
April 14, 2020 -
572EnforcementS. Korea: Covid-19 Loans Exempted From Misconduct Sanctions
Financial services workers delivering emergency support funds to businesses in need will be exempt from misconduct sanctions.
April 9, 2020 -
1.1KAML / KYCOFSI Fines Standard Chartered $25m for Sanctions Breaches
Standard Chartered made a series of loans to a Turkish private bank, which at the time was almost wholly owned by Sberbank, a sanctioned Russian bank.
April 8, 2020
