7/3/2024 7:41:39 PM The new money laundering network fuelling the fentanyl crisis By Gareth Jones A fascinating read from the FT on how a sophisticated money laundering network using Chinese bank accounts and shadow transfers is...
5/23/2023 1:55:40 PM Secret Service holds cryptocurrency AMA on Reddit By FinTech Collective The U.S. Secret Service held an AMA, or 'ask me anything,' on Reddit. They covered questions on cryptocurrency and also admitted that...
11/11/2020 11:39:00 PM Justice Department seizes $1b of Bitcoin tied to Silk Road website By Sarah Wolter The 69,000 seized bitcoins once belonged to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was convicted in 2015 of distributing narcotics and...
10/20/2020 12:00:00 AM Unit21 raises $13m in Series A funding By Sarah Wolter San Francisco based creator of an API-based platform that helps companies identify and investigate money laundering and fraud raised $13m...
10/2/2020 2:01:25 PM Dirty money has ‘metastasized’ within global banking system, top regulator says By Sarah Wolter The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, BuzzFeed News and other FinCEN Files reporting partners found that big banks...
1/25/2019 9:09:49 PM The Ghost UK Companies Connected To Suspected Money Laundering, Corruption, And Paul Manafort By Sean Lippel The network of more than 100 firms shows that despite promises by successive British prime ministers to crack down on financial crime and...
10/22/2018 3:00:50 PM Hummingbird raises Seed Round By FinTech Collective San Francisco based platform for anti-money laundering has raised a $3m Series Seed led by Homebrew.
9/21/2018 7:39:48 PM Is money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank the largest in history? By Gareth Jones Danske CEO Thomas Borgen, has resigned after the full extent of problems at the Estonian branch were uncovered. The realisation is...
9/21/2018 7:21:23 PM The Billion-Dollar Mystery Man and the Wildest Party Vegas Ever Saw By Gareth Jones A Wall Street Journal story of Las Vegas, Goldman Sachs, Britney Spears, a Malaysian whale and a breathtaking financial fraud.
6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM Sigma Ratings participates in UAE Banks Federation’s forum highlighting new challenges. By Gareth Jones In a live stage interview, titled “Living in the Age of De-Risking,” Stuart Jones, CEO of portfolio company Sigma Ratings, explored...
8/24/2017 7:33:14 PM Isis finds escape route for the spoils of war By Gareth Jones The FT's "Big Read" this week covers the fascinating (analogue) international money transfer game Isis is engaged in.
5/25/2017 9:21:26 PM Bitcoin's murkier rivals line up to displace it as cybercriminals' favourite By Gareth Jones Reuters digs into how cyber criminals are developing new and more complex money-laundering methods using newer techniques and unregulated...
5/23/2017 1:34:26 PM Banamex USA Agrees to Forfeit $97 Million for Bank Secrecy Act Violations By FinTech Collective Citigroup's Banamex pays the fine to resolve a DOJ investigation into the bank's AML failures related to money transfers between the U.S....
3/24/2017 5:01:46 PM Transaction laundering is turning into a huge financial blindspot By Gareth Jones An FT expose on the how money launderers have adapted and are exploiting merchant acquirers and the ineffective anti-money laundering...