The AGCO said the matter began after the Ontario Provincial Police Investigation and Enforcement Bureau, embedded within the commission, laid charges against five individuals in March 2024 . A subsequent compliance review found that the dealers had engaged in a cheat scheme wi...

Hong Kong delivered a standout year as a leading global asset and wealth management hub in 2025, as total assets under management (AUM) jumped 20% year-on-year (YoY) to a record high of $42.2 trillion (US$5.4 trillion), according to the Securities and Futures Commission's (SFC...

Under the terms of the settlement, EagleBank will pay approximately $9.1 million in civil penalties and forfeit more than $700,000, representing proceeds the bank earned from overdraft fees on accounts involved in the check kiting scheme. The forfeiture component is consistent...

AUSTRAC has finalised its enforceable undertaking with Sportsbet Pty Ltd (Sportsbet) after the company addressed serious deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) controls.

Investigators said the probe covers transactions across numerous accounts held in different banks and includes the identification of account holders, their beneficial owners, and a paper trail of transfers and withdrawals. The FIA’s forensic accounting teams are tracing origin...

CACEIS UK, an asset servicing bank, has been censured by the FCA and will make a £31.7m voluntary payment to WealthTek clients for failing to act on information that left clients exposed to the risk of financial crime.

This regulation represents the most significant transformation in EU anti-money laundering prevention since the first AML Directive was introduced in 1991. The new framework replaces the directive-based 6th AMLD with a directly applicable single rulebook, eliminating national ...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) are pleased to announce today (18 June) a joint pilot project to explore a new digital payment solution for the After-Hours Trading (AHT) session in the derivatives market1.