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DOJ Antitrust Head: Trump Won’t Make Regulatory ‘U-Turn’
ANTITRUST // December 23, 2024

The outgoing head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit is hopeful about the new administration. More to the point, Jonathan Kanter is hoping that the Trump White House will continue the regulatory efforts begun by President Joe Biden. “If we revert to a regime of lax...

Report: TD Bank Close to Adding Compliance Monitors
Bank Regulation // November 25, 2024

TD Bank reportedly is working to select compliance monitors to track its progress on risk and controls and report to regulators, as ordered by the U.S. government in October. As the bank works on this process, U.S. CEO Leo Salom told staff this month during a town...

AI-Powered Search Engines Emerge as Google Faces Antitrust Scrutiny
Google // November 22, 2024

The history of the search landscape is a journey of technological innovation, evolving user behavior and competitive dynamics. And, if the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) call late Wednesday night (Nov. 20) for Google to divest its Chrome browser to answer a ruling that the company has a...

DOJ Proposal in Antitrust Case Aims to Undo Google-Anthropic Partnership
ANTITRUST // November 21, 2024

The Justice Department’s proposal to resolve its antitrust case over online search against Google reportedly would force the tech giant to unwind its partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic. A recommendation in the Justice Department’s court filing Wednesday (Nov. 20) that Google be barred...

Interviews & Exclusives
Scam Factories Exploit Advanced Tech to Amplify Payments Fraud

March 13, 2024
Scam factories, where perpetrators themselves are victims of a system they help perpetuate, present a significant challenge to the integrity of global financial networks, resulting in an estimated $75 billion lost over the last four years.  These fraud factories operate predominantly across developing markets like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, Claire Greene, a payments risk expert […]

Tale of 2 Crypto Exchanges: Binance’s Money Laundering vs FTX’s Misappropriation

November 22, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges play a vital role in the digital asset ecosystem. They facilitate the buying, selling, trading, transferring, and storing of both individual and institutional holdings of the more than...

Justice Department Signals Intent to Crack Down on Crypto Crime

September 19, 2022
The Justice Department has put a band of prosecutors in charge of its crypto investigations and prosecutions. The creation of the Digital Asset Coordinator (DAC) Network on Sept. 16 came...

From Russia, with Malware: US Charges Hacking Group Evil Corp. In $100M Bank Fraud

December 05, 2019
Call it Russian interference of a different sort that netted $100 million from banks and financial institutions (FIs) in more than 40 countries. What would you expect from an outfit...

Quick Reads
Google Proposes Revision of Search Deals to Address Antitrust Ruling

December 23, 2024
For many Apple device users, Google is the default choice for browsing the web. That could change, however, under a plan proposed by Google to address a U.S. antitrust ruling, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 23). The tech giant proposed relaxing its agreement with Apple and other tech companies that makes Google the go-to search engine […]

DOJ Antitrust Head: Trump Won’t Make Regulatory ‘U-Turn’

December 23, 2024
The outgoing head of the Justice Department’s antitrust unit is hopeful about the new administration. More to the point, Jonathan Kanter is hoping that the Trump White House will continue the...

Report: TD Bank Close to Adding Compliance Monitors

November 25, 2024
TD Bank reportedly is working to select compliance monitors to track its progress on risk and controls and report to regulators, as ordered by the U.S. government in October. As the...

DOJ Proposal in Antitrust Case Aims to Undo Google-Anthropic Partnership

November 21, 2024
The Justice Department’s proposal to resolve its antitrust case over online search against Google reportedly would force the tech giant to unwind its partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic....