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NEWS: UAE’s AML chief welcomes European Parliament decision to remove Emirates from watch list

NEWS: UK bank Monzo fined £21M for repeated KYC failings; fintech accepted customers giving 10 Downing St and Buckingham Palace as addresses

NEWS: Majority of countries deficient in countering terrorist financing, FATF reports warns; clear need to act fast

NEWS: Stablecoin Tether is money launderering ‘dream currency fuelling global shadow economy’, Economist investigation finds; in EU major rift emerges on stablecoins adoption

NEWS: German state Hessen with capital Frankfurt launches ‘unique’ AML data sharing between Commerzbank, Deutsche and N26

INSIGHT: MEPs risk politicising EU’s efforts to fight financial crime in wrangle over approving third country ‘black list’

NEWS: Giles Thomson appointed Vice President of FATF

NEWS: UBS, Citi among banks hit with $21.5M fines over $2B Singapore money laundering scandal

NEWS: Nicolas Vasse appointed as AMLA Executive Director

INSIGHT: US logistics firm Key Holding fined for breaching Cuba sanctions – here are the takeaways

NEWS: HSBC France unit faces compliance audit – report

BREAKING: External auditor appointed to Western Union Australia over AML concerns

NEWS: SymphonyAI and ‘AML Intelligence’ launch world’s most comprehensive FCC survey, contribute to ‘FinCrime Frontier 2025’

INSIGHT: Read EBF’s Roger Kaiser address to ‘Compliance Council’ roundtable at European Parliament

OPINION: Lessons from Wise’s $4.2M fine by six US states

INSIGHT: Five themes defining Europe’s fight against financial crime in 2025

NEWS: Revolut has not received UK permission for consumer credit services as 12-month deadline closes in

NEWS: Two scammers jailed for 12 years after £1.5M crypto fraud
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AI & Technology
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Banking

NEWS: Canadian firm Canaccord Genuity fined for AML failures

NEWS: Standard Chartered bank faces $2.7 billion lawsuit over alleged role in 1MDB fraud

NEWS: French authorities raid SocGen offices for second day

NEWS: Societe Generale offices searched in tax fraud probe

NEWS: BSA overhaul will let US banks ‘de-prioritize lower risks’
