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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How Banks Can Harness New Customer ID Rule's Flexibility

Financial institutions across the U.S. have grappled with compliance requirements under the Customer Identification Program, or CIP, rule for more than two decades. On June 27, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the...more

K&L Gates LLP

UK Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation Crypto-Assets Threat Assessment (July 2025): Key Lessons for Sanctions Compliance

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On 21 July 2025, the UK Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published its latest sector-specific threat assessment focusing on UK crypto-asset firms’ exposure to financial sanctions breaches, covering...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A New Rule Embraces Modernity in the Customer Identification Process

Financial institutions across the United States have grappled with compliance requirements under the Customer Identification Program (CIP) Rule for more than two decades. A new exemption, approved in June 2025, promises...more

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Green Gold and Shadow Networks: Financial Crime in the Illegal Wildlife Trade

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What does the silent extinction of endangered species reveal about the hidden corridors of global finance? As financial transactions and environmental health become increasingly linked, a troubling reality emerges: illegal...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The Compliance Gap in AML AI: Why Audit-Ready Tools Matter

icraAs artificial intelligence reshapes financial compliance practices, regulators across Latin America and globally are increasing their scrutiny of AI-based AML tools. This article explores the growing audit gap, and what...more

Fenwick & West LLP

5 Things Fintech Startups Need to Know About AML Compliance

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. ...more

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Bank-Fintech Partnerships Under Scrutiny: What Fintechs Need to Know About AML Expectations

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. In a typical arrangement,...more

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Challenges in Data Sharing between Banking Partners

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Life in the United States and most modern industrialized countries is driven primarily by data. Google alone processes 20 Petabytes of data every day (1 petabyte = 1 million gigabytes. Economies are built on data; marketing...more

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Regulatory Update: Cayman Islands VASP Licensing Regime Now in Effect

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The Cayman Islands Government has taken a significant step in the regulation of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) with the commencement of the licensing regime under the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - May 12th - 14th, New York, NY

Meet key stakeholders in Banking, FinTech, and broader payment systems next month at ACI’s 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems. Gain valuable insights from these industry...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast

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In this episode of Payments Pros, host Carlin McCrory discusses a recent consent order between Patriot Bank and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) following a $27 million loss. The order addresses unsafe...more

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Chile: Financial Analysis Unit Publishes Compilation of Rules for Regulated Entities

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Chile’s Financial Analysis Unit (FAU) has published its Circular No. 62, also known as the Updated Compilation of Rules (RAN), which compiles, systematizes, and updates key requirements for all regulated entities that carry...more

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Enhanced Cayman Islands licensing framework for virtual asset custody providers and trading platform operators takes effect from 1...

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With effect from 1 April 2025, the licensing regime under the VASP Act will be implemented, requiring those providing virtual asset custody services or operating virtual asset trading platforms to obtain a licence under the...more

Hogan Lovells

Important update for the banking, payments and lending sectors: the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) highlights its key risks and...

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The Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI) Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook 2025 outlines key risk topics which it deems to be most material from a supervisory perspective across the Banking and Payments Sector. Under section four...more

A&O Shearman

Wolfsberg Group FAQs to help assess risks generated by the emergence of digital assets for AML and CTF purposes

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The Wolfsberg Group has published FAQs on defining digital assets. The FAQs propose definitions to be used by financial institutions, policymakers, supervisors and regulators to understand the characteristics of digital...more

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VASP FAQs: Key Information for Cayman Islands Virtual Asset Service Providers

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The VASP Act defines “Virtual Assets” as digital representations of value that can be digitally traded or transferred and can be used for payment or investment purposes. Digital representations of fiat currencies (which is...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

OFAC and KoFIU Sanctions Compliance for Financial Technologies Companies

As financial technologies companies expand operations across borders, understanding the sanctions regimes of both the United States and South Korea becomes essential. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets...more

J.S. Held

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: The Rise of Crypto & Digital Assets

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While the cryptocurrency industry is still relatively young, its adoption by various economic sectors and the evolution of the technology itself is growing, along with the tokenization of assets, AI-powered smart contracts,...more

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AI and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance

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As financial crime risks evolve, including those risks posed by the use of AI and other emerging technologies, so too must firms’ financial crime compliance response. It is unsurprising, therefore, that AI forms part of both...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Payments Playbook Series: Crypto Payments Playbook

As payments innovation continues to accelerate, Wilson Sonsini is publishing a series of pragmatic playbooks to help companies navigate the legal complexities in the highly regulated payments space. In this new installment,...more

A&O Shearman

UK Financial Conduct Authority responds to Government call for regulators to support growth

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a letter (dated January 16, 2025) from Nikhil Rathi, FCA Chief Executive, sent to the Government, setting out its work to ensure that it is supporting the Government's U.K. growth...more

Venable LLP

Maximizing the Benefits (and Minimizing the Risks) of Payment Orchestration

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The payments industry continues to evolve in response to the demand for flexible, fast, and secure payment options. Innovations have included payment facilitation, push-to-card services, and real time payments, among others....more

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Balancing Agility and Speed with Preparation and Stability: Importance of Governance in a Fintech Startup

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In all our work with clients, my evaluation and expectations around compliance readiness come down to one point: Governance. This can mean a variety of things when it comes to a compliance program, but overall, we boil it...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Banking Agencies Reiterate Guidance on Managing Risks Posed By Fintech Partnerships and Other Third Party Relationships

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Last week, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the agencies) issued a joint statement highlighting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Reserve Board Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Banking-As-A-Service Provider

On June 14, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) released a cease and desist order against an Arkansas-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider for compliance and risk management failures. As part of the order, the bank is...more

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