Last week’s raids on Deutsche Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt and key bank branches by approximately 170 German law enforcement officials have sent shock waves throughout the financial services world. This must have been especially nerve-wracking news for those firms working so hard to stay within the difficult lines of compliance. Essentially, the German authorities say… Read More >>
Obama Administration Adopts KYC Rule to Combat Money Laundering
The Obama administration via the U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking steps to further combat tax evasion and money laundering, and announced that the Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Final Rule will be taking effect and will impose new know your customer (KYC) requirements upon financial services firms. The new impetus for this rule to… Read More >>
