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NEWS: US Senator urges regulators to probe Wall Street banks over Epstein accounts

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Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.

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ANALYSIS: Why UBS banked a Russian billionaire with reported ties to Putin

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NEWS: Supervisor of US consumer watchdog CFPB warned staff againt aggressive oversight

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INSIGHT: The key compliance lessons from FinCEN’s historic $125m UBS fine

By Arasu Kannagi

U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden called for federal regulators to probe big banks over their handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s accounts after surfacing what Wyden said was potential evidence that the banks failed to report suspicious transactions linked to the late convicted ​sex offender.

In a report released on Tuesday, Wyden alleged that Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase may have violated federal anti-money laundering laws by failing to report Epstein’s suspicious transactions in a timely manner.

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ANALYSIS: Why UBS banked a Russian billionaire with reported ties to Putin

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