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The way forward for digital currencies

The way forward for digital currencies

Compliance implications for Bitcoin and its brethren—and for banks
“Moving Ahead So Life Won’t Pass Me By” *

“Moving Ahead So Life Won’t Pass Me By” *

Hello 2014: AML practitioners must look ahead and not back
With a nod to pop music, veteran John Byrne’s blog scans the anti-laundering and anti-terrorism world. John pierces silliness and inconsistency, and strongly believes in private-public partnership.

“All Things Must Pass”*

More from ABA/ABA AML conference: Will focus on virtual currency and more remain static? Don’t bet on it!
With a nod to pop music, veteran John Byrne’s blog scans the anti-laundering and anti-terrorism world. John pierces silliness and inconsistency, and strongly believes in private-public partnership.

BSA/AML: Us and Them (and Then and Now)

25 years later, where do we stand? Thoughts from ABA/ABA AML conference
AML drift puts banks at risk for loss, noncompliance penalties

AML drift puts banks at risk for loss, noncompliance penalties

Inadvertent noncompliance, or AML drift, happens when systems aren’t constantly monitored, maintained, or repaired
Year after year, the ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference helps bankers find solutions to their BSA/AML challenges.

BSA/AML 25 years later

“Offer up your best defense; this is the end of the innocence” *
While Congress plays politics with the budget long-term and short-term, federal AML efforts stall for lack of funding, says blogger John Byrne.

Must budget woes hang AML fight out to dry?

Don’t succumb—“We can make it happen”*
Treasury's War: The Unleashing Of A New Era Of Financial Warfare. By Juan Zarate. PublicAffairs. 512 pp.

How AML weaponry evolved after 9/11

Book Review: Former D.C. official Zarate offers insider’s AML history
You may think your bank has locked up collateral on a commercial deal, but a federal forfeiture effort could mean that the chain and padlock belong to Uncle Sam, not your bank.

When borrowers go up the river, is your bank up a creek?

Will your bank’s security interest survive a forfeiture action?
Webster’s defines a “fool’s paradise” as a “state of delusory happiness.” Blogger John Byrne believes some people are kidding themselves about how safe we will be.

What a Fool Believes…

That we can combat terrorism, without access to information and with cuts to government resources
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