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UK’s Starling Bank Shares Response After FCA Fines Company for “Lax” AML Screening Processes

Starling Bank confirms that it fully accepts the findings set out in the Final Notice published today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This reportedly resolves the investigation referred to in Starling Bank’s annual report in June 2024. Starling notes in a release that it… Read More

Regtech SteelEye Reflects on Compliance Issues and Progress Made After 1-Yr Anniversary of Wall Street’s $549M Record-Keeping Fine

SteelEye notes that it has been a year since the $549 million fine was imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on 13 major Wall Street firms “for failures in record-keeping of off-channel communications.” Steeleye mentioned… Read More

Canada’s FINTRAC Imposes Administrative Monetary Penalty on Binance Holdings Ltd

FINTRAC announced that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Binance Holdings Limited, also operating as Binance Holdings (IE) Ltd., Binance.com, Binance Global and Binance. This foreign money services business was “imposed an administrative monetary penalty of $6,002,000 on May 7, 2024 for non-compliance… Read More

FTC Charges Experian with “Spamming” Clients Who Signed Up for Accounts with Marketing Emails They Couldn’t Opt Out Of

The Federal Trade Commission will require Experian Consumer Services, which offers consumers access to their Experian credit information, “to pay $650,000 to settle charges it sent consumers unsolicited email without offering them a way to opt out of such messages, as required under the CAN-SPAM… Read More

Chinese Authorities Conclude Ant Group’s Regulatory Restructuring Process with $984M Penatly

China’s regulatory authorities revealed on Friday (July 7, 2023) a 7.12 billion yuan (approximately $984 million) fine for Ant Group, a decision that effectively ends a lengthy regulatory revamp of the Fintech firm while marking an important step to concluding a massive crackdown on the… Read More

UK’s PRA Fines Metro Bank £5.376M for Failing in its Regulatory Reporting Governance and Controls

The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has imposed a financial penalty on Metro Bank plc “of £5,376,000 for failing to act with due skill, care and diligence in relation to the regulatory reporting of its capital position and for failings in its regulatory reporting governance,… Read More

Penalty: Dwolla Fined $100K by CFPB

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action against online payment platform Dwolla for deceiving consumers about its data security practices and the safety of its online payment system, according to a release. The CFPB ordered Dwolla to pay a $100,000 penalty and fix its security… Read More

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