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Report: US Government Investigating Citigroup’s Anti-Money Laundering Policies
AML // November 14, 2024

U.S. government agencies are reportedly investigating Citigroup’s anti-money laundering (AML) policies and its ties to a sanctioned Russian official. The Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and the IRS are looking at the bank’s work for a trust that holds assets owned by Russian billionaire Suleiman...

Trump May Reassess Antitrust, Merger Policies, Potentially Halt Google Breakup
ANTITRUST // November 06, 2024

So what will U.S. antitrust policies look like under the new administration? According to a Reuters report, experts predict Donald Trump will roll back some of the policies instituted under President Joe Biden. This could include abandoning the Justice Department’s (DOJ) efforts to break up...

Federal Agencies Aim to Combat Algorithmic Bias in AI
artificial intelligence // October 11, 2024

Auditing has a role in preventing, investigating, monitoring and remedying algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence (AI), technologists and researchers from federal agency civil rights offices said during a meeting held Wednesday (Oct. 9). The meeting was convened by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to promote the...

Regulators Tell TD Bank How to Fix AML Failures
AML // October 10, 2024

TD Bank Group said Thursday (Oct. 10) that it takes full responsibility for the failures of its U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance programs and will continue its work to remediate them. The bank said this on the day it and...

Interviews & Exclusives
Antitrust Suit Alleges Apple ‘Inhibits’ Cross-Platform Digital Wallets

March 21, 2024
Among the allegations contained in the U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Apple — as the tech giant is accused of acting as an anti-competitive monopoly in the smartphone market: Apple, said the Department of Justice (DOJ), has “inhibited the creation” of cross-platform, third-party digital wallets, as it has prevented third-party apps from offering tap-to-pay functionality, […]

Anatomy Of A Bank Heist, SWIFT-ly Done By Phishers

September 17, 2018
In 2016, $81 million disappeared from Bangladesh’s central bank. It could have been a lot worse — hackers tried to get away with $1 billion. U..S court filings this month...

Quick Reads
Crypto Crackdowns Could Take Back Seat to Immigration Under Trump

November 17, 2024
Expect the U.S. government to scale back enforcement of the cryptocurrency sector under the new administration. That was the message Friday (Nov. 15) from current and former senior government attorneys at a conference in New York hosted by the Practicing Law Institute, per a report by Reuters. According to the report, those lawyers said that […]

Report: US Government Investigating Citigroup’s Anti-Money Laundering Policies

November 14, 2024
U.S. government agencies are reportedly investigating Citigroup’s anti-money laundering (AML) policies and its ties to a sanctioned Russian official. The Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI and the IRS are looking...

Trump May Reassess Antitrust, Merger Policies, Potentially Halt Google Breakup

November 06, 2024
So what will U.S. antitrust policies look like under the new administration? According to a Reuters report, experts predict Donald Trump will roll back some of the policies instituted under...

Federal Agencies Aim to Combat Algorithmic Bias in AI

October 11, 2024
Auditing has a role in preventing, investigating, monitoring and remedying algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence (AI), technologists and researchers from federal agency civil rights offices said during a meeting held...