The past week delivered three major shocks to the financial and tech worlds: first, the March 8 failure of Silvergate Bank; second, the sudden, March 10 failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”); and third, the weekend collapse...more
Recent enforcement actions against banks indicate a new regulator emphasis on digital assets and Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance. Last year, Anchorage Digital Bank (Anchorage)—formerly Anchorage...more
6/20/2022
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Blockchain ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Compliance ,
Digital Assets ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
FinCEN ,
OCC ,
USAA
With the imposition of sweeping new sanctions on Russia and Belarus following the invasion of Ukraine, federal financial regulators are issuing warnings about efforts to evade these actions. On Monday, March 7, 2022, the...more
3/15/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Belarus ,
Economic Sanctions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Ukraine ,
Virtual Currency