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Secretary Bessent, Senior U.S. Officials Announce New Fraud...

[Press Release] - Oct 30, 2026 - Home.treasury.gov - In Minnesota, alongside other senior U.S. officials, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent today announced several...

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• Alert on Risks Associated with Foreign-Agent-Directed Transactions
• Notice on the Use of Charities and Non-Profit Organizations for Illicit Activity

MSBA Member Announcements

Viamericas and Banco G&T Renew Fundraising Campaign for...

Oct 30, 2026 - Ffnews.com - Viamericas and Banco G&T Continental have renewed their annual campaign to fund Viamistad's programs for adults with disabilities in...

ACI Worldwide & Circle Bring USDC Settlement to Colombia

Oct 30, 2026 - Fintechmagazine.com - ACI Worldwide and Circle have announced a partnership to help Latin American financial institutions incorporate stablecoin settlement...

Announcements

Western Union, Payment Platform Target Nigeria In Africa Remittance...

Oct 2026 - Leadership.ng - Global money transfer firm Western Union and digital payments platform dLocal are targeting Nigeria as part of plans to expand their remittance...

Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says crypto firms froze more...

Oct 30, 2026 - Abcnews.com - Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Thursday it’s investigating reports of a potential security issue as its founder...

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Binance Suspends Transactions After It Is Targeted in Biggest-Ever...

Oct 30, 2026 - Wsj.com

Amex recruits its next chief risk officer from US Bancorp

Oct 29, 2026 - Americanbanker.com - Jodi Richard, who has been chief risk officer at U.S. Bancorp for the past eight years, is set to join American Express in January...

Apple Pay and Google Pay launch in Uzbekistan

Oct 30, 2026 - Finextra.com - Uzbekistan has announced the arrival of Apple Pay and Google Pay into its banking system as the central Asian nation looks to open...

Airtm partners with BVNK to expand wallet-based payments

Oct 30, 2026 - Ibsintelligence.com - Airtm partnered with BVNK, a Mastercard company, to bring wallet-based payment capabilities to users across emerging markets...

AML Compliance Trends

From Risk Assessment to Risk Decisions: What the Proposed AML...

[Opinion] - Oct 29, 2026 - Alvarezandmarsal.com - The proposed AML/CFT program rules may do more than formalize an existing compliance practice. They could make an...

Financial Surveillance at the Southern Border is Expanding

Oct 29, 2026 - Cato.org - The Trump administration has expanded financial surveillance at the southern border to target more than around 3.5 million people...

Artificial Intelligence

AI Agents Can Move Money. Can Businesses Verify Their Decisions?

[Opinion] - Oct 30, 2026 - Forbes.com - Giving an AI agent a wallet is straightforward. Getting a business to let it spend without someone checking its work is harder...

Is AI finally helping regulators outpace money launderers?

Oct 30, 2026 - Fintech.global - Global money laundering losses reached $5.09tn last year, according to new research from Napier AI. That figure is equal to 4.30% of...

Australia

Compliant on paper, exposed in practice: Where Australian agencies...

Oct 30, 2026 - Eliteagent.com - Four months after real estate agencies came under AML/CTF laws on 1 July 2026, only 45% have enrolled with AUSTRAC – and AUSTRAC is now issuing...

Bulgaria 

Prime Minister: Bulgaria is removed from money laundering “grey list”

Oct 30, 2026 - Bnrnews.bg - Bulgaria has been removed from the “grey list” of countries subject to increased monitoring for money laundering, a decision that restores...

Canada

Canada Money-Laundering Watchdog Fails to Produce Timely...

Oct 29, 2026 - Marketscreener.com - Canada's money-laundering watchdog failed to effectively carry out its role in producing timely financial intelligence to help...

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Canada’s FINTRAC harshly criticised over long delays in sharing...

[Subscription Required] - Oct 29, 2026 - Amlintelligence.com

Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo Clears FATF Grey List After...

Oct 30, 2026 - Cnbcafrica.com - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has exited the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list after four years, a significant...

Cybersecurity

20 Years Of Cybersecurity, One New Recovery Challenge

Oct 30, 2026 - Forbes.com - Twenty years ago, recovery in the cyber world simply meant getting systems back after hardware failure, human error or another external...

BSA Urges Governments to Update Cybersecurity Policies Amid...

Oct 30, 2026 - The420.in - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has urged governments worldwide to revise their cybersecurity policies as artificial intelligence changes...

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India: RBI steps up scrutiny of banks' cyber defences amid rising...

Oct 30, 2026 - Business-standard.com

Cybersecurity Is Economic Security

Oct 30, 2026 - Time.com - Today, a locally owned coffee roaster in Colombia can reach customers in Germany and Japan, accepting payments in euros, yen, and pesos...

Japan to Include Stronger Cooperation With US AI Developers in...

Oct 30, 2026 - Boomingbit.io - Japan plans to include measures to strengthen cooperation with U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) developers in a new cybersecurity package...

Digital Assets

GENIUS Act vs MiCA: Stablecoin Rules Compared

Oct 29, 2026 - Blockchain-council.org - Two laws now shape the global stablecoin market. The United States passed the GENIUS Act in July 2025, and the European Union...

Crypto Privacy Tools Hamper UK Money Laundering Probes

[Subscription Required] - Oct 29, 2026 - Law360.com - Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders...

Latin America’s Stablecoin Boom Faces a Test Beyond Blockchain

Oct 30, 2026 - Coincentral.com - Stablecoin adoption is growing across Latin America, but cash conversion, payment costs and dollar dependence could determine its...

Fines, Crimes & Cases

Warren Calls for Criminal Investigation into Bank of America Over...

[Ongoing Story] - Oct 30, 2026 - Ssbcrack.com - Senator Elizabeth Warren is advocating for a criminal investigation into Bank of America, following the bank’s admission...

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Warren asks DOJ to investigate Bank of America over money...

Oct 29, 2026 - Thehill.com

Malaysia: BNM Imposes Heavy Fines on 4 Financial Institutions...

Oct 2026 - Moomoo.com - Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced enforcement actions against two banks and two money services businesses, imposing total fines of...

UAE fines foreign bank branch Dh200 million for breaching money...

Oct 30, 2026 - Thenationalnews.com - The Central Bank of the UAE fined a foreign bank branch Dh200 million ($54,458,815) for violating anti-money laundering laws...

Fintech Around the World

The Human Factor Behind Fintech Productivity

[Opinion] - Oct 30, 2026 - Securities.io - “The organizational adoption of fintech technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) technology, increased from 33%...

FinTechs face new currency risks in uncertain global economy

Oct 30, 2026 - IBS Intelligence.com - New research from a global payments company Convera highlights growing uncertainty in global currency markets and warns...

Cameroon Brings Together 100 Fintech Firms to Strengthen...

Oct 30, 2026 - Techafricanews.com - Cameroon is stepping up efforts to strengthen the security of its financial technology (fintech) sector, with around 100 companies...

India, Belgium and Luxembourg explore deeper cooperation in fintech...

Oct 30, 2026 - Dig.watch - Discussions covered financial services and fintech, renewable energy, clean technology, digital transformation, information and communication...

FinTech market roars ahead with over $2.6bn raised this week

Oct 30, 2026 - Fintech.global - FinTech funding was showing no signs of slowing down as a substantial funding package of over $2.6bn was raised across all 19 deals reported...

India

India’s Financial Crime Compliance Sector to Add Over 19,000...

Oct 30, 2026 - The420.in - India’s financial crime compliance sector is expected to generate more than 19,000 specialised jobs by 2030, taking its workforce to approximately...

Payment Services

Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan explore national QR payment...

Oct 30, 2026 - Trend.az - Central banks of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan are exploring the integration of their national QR payment systems...

Putin urges Africa to join crypto-based cross-border payments

Oct 30, 2026 - Digitaltoday.co.kr - Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that African countries join cross-border payment systems based on digital currencies...

Nigeria: CBN Seeks Easier Payments, Stronger Banking ties with China

Oct 2026 - Leadership.ng - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is seeking to remove practical barriers to cross-border payments and deepen banking relationships between...

Remittances & Immigration

US immigration crackdown targeted 2.2 million people in Trump's...

Oct 30, 2026 - Hindustantimes.com - The Donald Trump administration has taken steps to revoke or terminate the immigration status of approximately 2.2 million people...

Canada: New penalties of up to $1.5 million for fraudulent immigration

Oct 30, 2026 - Canadianimmigrant.ca - The Government of Canada has introduced new penalties for people who break the law when providing paid immigration or citizenship...

Remittances Reach Well Beyond Major Cities as Older Users Send...

Oct 30, 2026 - Noticiasnewswire.com - Who sends money to family members from the United States, how often, and where does it go? The 2026 Hispanic Remittances...

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2026 Hispanic Remittances Report

Oct 30, 2026 - Zapp.global

Egyptian Diaspora Remittances Hit Record USD 33.9 bn in First...

Oct 30, 2026 - Trendsnafrica.com - Stronger foreign currency transfers from Egyptians working overseas are boosting the country’s external financial position, with remittances...

Nigeria Records $1.57bn Diaspora Remittances In Q2 2026, Highest...

Oct 30, 2026 - Tvcnews.tv - Nigeria recorded $1.57 billion in diaspora remittance inflows in the second quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly figure in seven years...

United Kingdom

Self-reporting to the authorities and other disclosure obligations...

Oct 30, 2026 - Globalinvestigationsreview.com - Whether, when and how a company should report potential misconduct requires an increasingly global (in all...