International

International

Banks Find AML "Ineffective", Propose Access To Social Media

The world's biggest banks find monitoring for suspicious activity "ineffective". In a "True Risk-Based Approach", the group now proposes access to customer social media, IP addresses, and device IDs.

International

Rage Weekly Data Breach Special

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RUSI Report Finds FATF Standards Widely Weaponized To Crack Down On Civil Society

The UK's Royal United Services Institute issued a 45 page report on the weaponization of FATF standards and its influence on the repression of watchdog organizations, journalists, critics and opposition groups - including a guide for affected entities.

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A Racist, A Eugenicist, And A Stablecoin Issuer Walk Into A Bar

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Meet FATF: The Financial Bullies Memberclub Trying To KYC The Planet

There's assholes, and then there's FATF. The Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental body created in 1989 to "combat money laundering and terrorist financing". In its thirty-plus years of existence, FATF has bullied countless countries into exclusionary financial policies. Now it's