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DOJ and SEC expose charges in HyperFund crypto fraud

News | Cryptocurrencies | 31 Jan 2024

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have announced charges against a HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud scheme.

cryptocurrency, investment, crypto asset, digital currency

Coinbase advances expansion with EU MiFID licence acquisition

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 Jan 2024

Coinbase has decided to acquire a European Union MiFID-licenced entity based in Cyprus to improve access to derivative products for eligible customers.

cryptocurrency, acquisition, expansion, product upgrade

Binance agrees to USD 4 billion settlement in US crypto probe

News | Cryptocurrencies | 23 Nov 2023

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has agreed to pay USD 4 billion to settle an investigation from the US Department of Justice.

AML, cryptocurrency exchange, compliance, regulation

US DOJ investigates Visa over token technology pricing

News | Payments General | 16 Aug 2023

The United States Department of Justice has launched a new investigation into Visa’s tokenization technology pricing methods.

tokenization, payments , digital payments, financial institutions

Visa signs definitive agreement to acquire Pismo

News | Payments General | 29 Jun 2023

Visa has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pismo, a cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform, for USD 1 billion in cash.

acquisition, cloud, financial institutions, debit card, credit card

Silvergate suspends its crypto payments network

News | Cryptocurrencies | 06 Mar 2023

US-based Silvergate Bank has made a risk-based decision to suspend its crypto payments network amid growing operability concerns.

banks, cryptocurrency, digital assets, digital payments

Silvergate Bank under investigation by the US DOJ

News | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Feb 2023

The US Department of Justice has reportedly started an investigation into US-based crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank due to its connection to FTX.

compliance, banks, cryptocurrency, digital assets

US government seizes hacked Bitcoin worth USD 3.6 bln

News | Cryptocurrencies | 10 Feb 2022

The US Department of Justice has seized USD 3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin tied to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex.

cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, money laundering, online fraud

USD 56 mln in seized crypto sold as to compensate victims of fraud

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Nov 2021

US-based authorities have planned to liquidate approximately USD 56 million in fraud proceeds seized from BitConnect, a cryptocurrency, who consented to the seizure, according to the DOJ

online fraud, cryptocurrency, digital wallet

Interview with the FBI on financial fraud and crime threats

Interviews | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Jul 2021

The Paypers sat with an FBI representative to find out what are the latest financial fraud and crime threats coming out of investment firms/crypto and learn how to tackle them

fraud detection, financial crime, CDD, FBI, COVID-19, cryptocurrency, AML

The status of interchange fees in the US – interview with Austen Jensen, the Retail Industry Leaders Association

Interviews | Ecommerce | 07 Jul 2021

In this exclusive interview for The Paypers, Austen Jensen, Senior VP, RILA, elaborates on the US interchange fees space and key regulatory initiatives, providing insights into how merchants can get ready for the new schedule expected to go into effect in 2022

interchange fee, regulation, merchants, credit card, COVID-19, debit card

Visa drops plans to acquire Plaid after DOJ antitrust lawsuit

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 13 Jan 2021

Visa and fintech startup Plaid have ditched plans for a USD 5.3 billion merger after a Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit had threatened to block the deal, according to Forbes.

Visa, Plaid , fintech, payments , DOJ, antitrust lawsuit

SEB, Swedbank, Danske Bank shares drop amid US investigation report on money laundering

News | Payments General | 18 Dec 2020

SEB, Swedbank, and Danske Bank shares have dropped amid US investigation report, Reuters cited Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri reports.

SEB, Swedbank, Danske Bank, financial crime, FBI, money laundering, fraud, banking, AML, sanctions

The US Department of Justice files antitrust lawsuit to stop Visa's purchase of Plaid

News | Payments General | 06 Nov 2020

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop Visa’s proposed USD 5.3 billion purchase of the US-based financial services company Plaid.

Visa, Plaid , Department of Justice, US, acquisition, antitrust, lawsuit, payments platform, transactions , data aggregation

Goldman Sachs to settle on 1MDB money laundering and bribery scandal

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 22 Oct 2020

Goldman Sachs has agreed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay over USD 2 billion for the bank’s role in Malaysia's multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, Bloomberg first reported.

Goldman Sachs, DOJ, Malaysia, money laundering, bribery, corruption, banks, 1MDB

Crypto to pose challenges to law enforcement activities, according to DOJ

News | Cryptocurrencies | 12 Oct 2020

Cryptocurrencies pose an emerging challenge to law enforcement activities; the US Attorney General William Barr’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has mentioned in DOJ’s ‘Crypto Enforcement Framework’.

Financial Action Task Force, cryptocurrency, money laundering, digital assets, DOJ, US, virtual assets, blockchains

Penalties for non-compliance with AML, KYC reached USD 5.6 bln, Fenergo reports

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 18 Aug 2020

Digital transformation, customer journey, and client lifecycle management (CLM) solutions provider Fenergo has released its mid-year findings on global financial institution fines.

AML, KYC, fines, financial institutions, Fenergo, regulations, compliance, bank accounts, money laundering

Bank Hapoalim pleads guilty for helping its clients hide USD 7.6 billion

News | Payments General | 04 May 2020

Israel-based Bank Hapoalim has pleaded guilty in Manhattan's federal court on April 30 for helping its US clients hide USD 7.6 billion from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Israel, bank, IRS, Bank HaPoalim, US, fraud, Swiss Bank Program, Switzerland

How businesses can prevent fraud during COVID-19

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 08 Apr 2020

Pavel Gnatenko, Product Owner, Covery, talks about how businesses can prevent fraud during COVID-19, elaborating on the pandemic's impact on fraudulent attacks

Pavel Gnatenko, Covery, risk management, KYC, machine learning, AI, COVID-19, chargebacks

US regulators to act against illegal use of crypto

News | Cryptocurrencies | 19 Mar 2020

The US law enforcement and regulatory agencies have set a Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program.

Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program, stablecoins, illegal use of crypto, cryptocurrency, taxes, dark net, money laundering, Monero, US, crypto exchanges, P2P payments