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EUROPEAN NOTEBOOK: Dutch banks fear being forced to debank International Criminal Court staff, the AMLA grace period nobody can explain, latest on EU crypto supervision

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REVEALED: Bank of America ignored staff warnings over potential scam payments to $6m-a-year client

LATEST: FinCEN releases red flags to identify Iran-backed money flows through religious charities

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LATEST: SEB pays $33 million to New York regulator over Baltic money laundering review

GOOD MORNING and welcome to a new edition of the European Notebook. Schuman are back at their desks after a whirlwind of deep conversations, cheeky gossip and abundant laughter at the International Anti-Financial Crime Summit in London last week. If you work in a policy sector on this side of the Atlantic, your sector has…

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REVEALED: Bank of America ignored staff warnings over potential scam payments to $6m-a-year client

LATEST: FinCEN releases red flags to identify Iran-backed money flows through religious charities

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LATEST: SEB pays $33 million to New York regulator over Baltic money laundering review

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  • New York State Department of Financial Services Secures $33 Million Penalty with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB for Inadequate Anti-Money Laundering Controls and Transaction Monitoring Compliance Failures

    New York State Dept of Financial Services

    New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow announced today that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and its New York Branch (together, SEB, or the Bank) have agreed to pay a $33 million penalty as part of a Consent Order to resolve the Department’s investigation into SEB’s compliance with New York Banking Law and anti-money laundering program failures.
    “Financial institutions must adhere to New York’s rigorous laws and regulations to safeguard the integrity of the financial system,” said Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow. “The Department will hold entities accountable that fail to meet those standards.”

  • Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

    UK Government

      Today, Thursday 15 October, the UK Government has varied an individual under the Russia sanctions regime. Individuals Varied:

    Name: Unique ID:
    Nadia CHERKASOVA RUS1636

  • Hungary: GRECO publishes three compliance reports on corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, top executive functions and law enforcement agencies

    GRECO

    GRECO has made public today three Compliance Reports on Hungary under the Fourth and Five Evaluation Rounds, setting out an assessment of the progress made by Hungary in implementing GRECO’s recommendations to prevent corruption and promote integrity in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.

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