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NEWS: Complaints about ‘debanking’ rise 44pc in UK, following success of Farage complaint

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Nigel Farage

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NEWS: FIU Deutschland warns housing sector vulnerable to money laundering beyond purchase deals

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NEWS: Hilton to terminate agreement with Frankfurt hotel popular with EU agencies after owner sanctioned by U.S.

NEWS: Former TD Bank employee sentenced for role in money laundering scheme

COMPLAINTS about debanking at British banks have risen by 44 per cent, following Nigel Farage’s success against NatWest’s decision to close his account. There have been almost 4,000 complaints about their bank accounts being shut down, figures show. A draft law published in Britain meanwhile will compel banks to give customers three months’ notice and an…

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NEWS: FIU Deutschland warns housing sector vulnerable to money laundering beyond purchase deals

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  • CPS decides to prosecute Tate brothers with additional sexual offences

    The Crown Prosecution Service

    The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to bring further charges against brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate in relation to four further victims.

    The CPS has decided to prosecute Andrew Tate, 39, with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

    The CPS has decided to prosecute Tristan Tate, 38, with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.

  • PRA fines HDI Global SE £4,165,000 for inaccurate reporting of FSCS Liabilities and FSCS Fee Tariff data

    Prudential Regulation Authority

    The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has imposed a financial penalty of £4,165,000 on HDI Global SE in connection with the submission of incorrect data to the PRA. This occurred on multiple occasions between August 2021 and August 2024 and included errors in data provided to the PRA in purported remediation of previously incorrect submissions. The information related to Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) Liabilities and FSCS Fee Tariff data. Misreporting of FSCS Liabilities may hinder the PRA’s ability to identify material risks and may also result in a firm underpaying any applicable levy to the FSCS.

  • Updated taxonomy for the 2027 risk assessment data collectio

    AMLA

    As part of its reporting framework release 4.3, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has published an updated version of the data model and taxonomy that will support the collection of data for AMLA's risk assessment of entities eligible for direct supervision. The components in v4.3 are intended only to help reporting agents prepare for the AMLA risk assessment 2027 data collection exercise. They must not be used for submissions to national competent authorities, the EBA, or AMLA.

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