March 17, 2022
Use in Ukraine Lends Some Luster to Crypto’s Dark Side...

It probably isn’t a surprise that today’s (March 17) Senate Banking Committee hearing on the role of crypto in supporting illicit activities focused heavily on sanctions busting — particularly with...

March 17, 2022
Seeking Regulatory Foothold, Binance Crypto Exchange on Hunt for Brazilian...

Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange with no headquarters, is reportedly planning to buy banks and payments processors in Brazil as a way into the market. CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao made the...

March 17, 2022
In DeFi’s Brave New World, ‘Ruthless’ DAO Governance Aims to...

What if your fellow investors could simply vote to take away your shares, with no compensation and no legal recourse? What if they could choose to empty your bank account...

March 17, 2022
PNC Bank on the Challenges of Client Onboarding in a...

FIs face the daunting task of offering smooth, remote onboarding processes for commercial clients, but advanced technology can help. In the Next-Gen Commercial Banking Tracker, PNC Bank’s Lane Levengood explains...

March 15, 2022
Swedbank in More Money-Laundering Legal Trouble

The Estonian unit of Swedbank AB is a suspect in a money-laundering investigation, after a special white-collar crime investigator with Estonia’s Central Criminal Police notified the bank that Swedbank AS...

March 14, 2022
Singapore Issues Financial Sanctions on Russia

Singapore’s central bank is the latest financial institution to take economic measures against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Monday (March 14). The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)...

March 14, 2022
China’s Equities Rout’s Roots Go Beyond COVID, Macro Concerns

Perfect storms are gathering in all corners of the globe to roil stocks – no matter where you look. The Dow, and the NASDAQ, have long been shorthand as barometers...

March 10, 2022
Financial Crime Prevention Startup Silent Eight Raises $40M

Singapore-based financial crime prevention firm Silent Eight has closed a $40 million Series B funding round, the company said in a news release Wednesday (March 9). The funding, led by...

March 09, 2022
Today in Crypto: BitMEX Co-Founder Pleads Guilty; Argentina Embraces Crypto

The third founder of BitMEX, the crypto exchange, pleaded guilty Wednesday (March 9) in federal court to violating anti-money-laundering rules, the Department of Justice said, according to Coindesk. Samuel Reed...