The FBI Is Investigating $300 Million in Soccer Money That Moved Through Miami. The Pattern Behind It Is a Compliance Textbook. | Truth Technologies While Argentina's national soccer team has been competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the FBI has reportedly been investigating the Argentine Football Association for possible…
Merrill Lynch Was Fined $7.5 Million for SAR Failures. Its Monitoring System Was Working. The Threshold Was Wrong. | Truth Technologies On 29 June 2026, the SEC fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated $7.5 million for failing to file Suspicious Activity Reports across a four-year period. The transaction…
Wise Is Being Investigated in Belgium for €500 Million in Suspicious Transactions. It Is the Third Jurisdiction to Fault Its AML Controls. | Truth Technologies Wise processes 4.7 million transactions a day across more than 160 countries. Its AML controls for fintech payment platforms have now been questioned in three…
Nordea Set Aside €95 Million for Its AML Case. Danish Prosecutors Are Asking for €880 Million. | Truth Technologies Nordea set aside €95 million to cover its AML exposure. Danish prosecutors are asking the Copenhagen City Court for €880 million. That gap, nearly tenfold, tells you everything you need to…
New Zealand's Co-operative Bank Is Facing a $1.4 Million AML Penalty. Its Transaction Monitoring Had Not Been Working Correctly Since 2020. | Truth Technologies The transaction monitoring rules were not operating correctly. The assurance testing was inadequate. The record-keeping did not meet legal requirements. And none of it had been…
FinCEN Fined a Florida Credit Union $300,000 for BSA Failures. It Was Processing $2 Billion a Year for High-Risk MSBs. | Truth Technologies A credit union with $4 million in assets and five employees was processing $2 billion a year in transactions for 56 money services businesses across Central America,…
Five AML Control Failures Behind the €6M UBS Monaco Fine | Truth Technologies On 7 May 2026, Monaco's Autorité Monégasque de Sécurité Financière (AMSF) published a 77-page sanction decision against UBS (Monaco) S.A., imposing a €6 million fine for failures covering a five-year supervisory review period. The decision is publicly…
On December 31, 2025, FinCEN extended the enforcement date of the landmark Investment Advisor AML Rule to January 1, 2028, giving the roughly 20,000 registered investment advisors (RIAs) and exempt reporting advisors (ERAs) overseeing $119 trillion in assets more time to get compliant. Most firms breathed a sigh of relief.…
NEW RULES NOW IN EFFECTKey AML/CTF changes apply from March and July 2026 CRITICAL DEADLINESMarch 31, May 30, and July 1. What each date means WHO IS AFFECTED?Banks, fintech, plus new Tranche 2 entities like lawyers and real estate AUSTRAC has amended the AML/CTF Rules for 2026, introducing new obligations…
$80 MHistoric BSA Penalty 160+SARs Not Filed WillfulViolations Admitted YearsOf Warnings Ignored Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) landscape is experiencing its most transformative shift in nearly two decades. With mandatory implementation dates of 31 March 2026 for existing reporting entities and 1 July 2026 for newly regulated 'Tranche…