Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

  Citigroup Sees $10 Billion in Annual Bank Compliance Costs Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-biggest U.S. bank, said the finance industry could spend as much as $10 billion annually in coming years to combat money laundering. About 30,000 employees at Citigroup are working on control functions, and the firm has made “significant investments” in anti-money-laundering…

Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

FinCEN proposes to expand financial institution customer due diligence requirements The proposal would require financial institutions to identify beneficial owners of legal entities and codify existing customer due diligence guidance. In a continuing initiative to strengthen the customer due diligence (CDD) requirements imposed on regulated financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA),[1] on July 30,…