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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by regionAll jurisdictions
- USA €654m 33 % · 16 cases
- EU €631.5m 32 % · 76 cases
- United Kingdom €355.5m 18 % · 20 cases
- Canada €141.5m 7 % · 38 cases
- United Arab Emirates €58.4m 3 % · 16 cases
- South Korea €42.2m 2 % · 3 cases
- Switzerland €31.6m 2 % · 10 cases
- Singapore €21.7m 1 % · 4 cases
- Norway €17.2m 1 % · 2 cases
- South Africa €8.71m 0 % · 13 cases
- 6 more€19.4m
What for?
by topicWho?
by company- Anonymised companies €1.01bn 51 % · 85 cases
- UBS Financial Services Inc. €108.4m 5 % · 1 case
- Xeltox Enterprises Ltd. (Cryptomus) €108.1m 5 % · 1 case
- Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB) €88.2m 4 % · 1 case
- Canaccord Genuity LLC €69.2m 3 % · 1 case
- Nationwide Building Society €50.4m 3 % · 1 case
- Wechselstube (anonymisiert) €48.4m 2 % · 1 case
- Barclays Bank Plc €45.4m 2 % · 1 case
- J.P. Morgan SE €45m 2 % · 1 case
- Klarna Bank AB €43.4m 2 % · 1 case
- 121 more€365.2m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | €394m |
| 2023 | 41 | €359.8m |
| 2024 | 48 | €325.8m |
| 2025 | 75 | €628.1m |
| 2026 | 40 | €274.1m |
217 cases
16 Sep 2026 Wallester ASFinancial supervisor orders Wallester to remedy governance and AML deficiencies Order
Following an on-site inspection, the Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian Financial Supervision Authority) issued an order requiring the payment institution Wallester to remedy, by 31 December, deficiencies in governance and control functions (separation of the lines of defence, internal rules), in safeguarding customer funds and in the staffing of its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing function. Date = publication of the press release.
Fast-growing payment service providers must let their compliance, AML and internal audit functions grow with them in terms of staffing and organisation.
- Authority / court
- Finantsinspektsioon (Estnische Finanzaufsicht)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Aufsichtsrechtliche Anordnung (ettekirjutus) der Finantsinspektsioon
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 16 Sep 2026
- Finantsinspektsioon tegi Wallester AS-ile ettekirjutuse (16.09.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Sep 2026 Capitec Bank LimitedCapitec Bank: ZAR 28m for failings in customer due diligence and training €1.49m
Following a 2023 inspection, the supervisor found inadequate customer due diligence and inadequate enhanced and ongoing due diligence in sampled files, no ongoing training for sampled employees and gaps in the risk management and compliance programme, such as name and payment screening manuals that had not been approved by management before being implemented, and inadequately documented arrangements for terrorist property reporting and financial sanctions. Five cautions and penalties of 28 million ZAR were imposed, of which 5.5 million ZAR is suspended for 36 months from 13 October 2025; the bank had already been sanctioned with 56.25 million ZAR in December 2024. The amount and the facts have not been confirmed against the primary source.
A bank that has already been sanctioned will be judged at the next inspection on full implementation – due diligence and training must demonstrably be in place.
Ongoing due diligence and regular anti-money laundering training
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Prudential Authority (PA) der South African Reserve Bank
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Sections 21, 21A und 21C i. V. m. 42(1), 42(2)(d), (e), (g) sowie Sections 42 und 43 Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation in remedying the deficiencies; 5.5 million ZAR suspended for 36 months.
- Published
- 11 Sep 2026
Original amount 28,000,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Sep 2026.
- SARB Media release, 11 September 2026: Prudential Authority imposes administrative sanctions on Capitec Bank Limited Press release of an authority
- SARB/Prudential Authority: Administrative sanctions (Banks), frühere Einträge Capitec Bank Limited (2015 und 20.12.2024) Enforcement database of an authority
- SARB Media release, 20 December 2024: South African Reserve Bank imposes administrative sanctions on Capitec Bank Limited (Vorsanktion, 56,25 Mio. ZAR) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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31 Aug 2026 EM@NEY P.L.C.Malta: EM@NEY pays 97,622 EUR under settlement for late bank account register reports €97,622
The financial institution did not deliver on time the data due every seven days to the Centralised Bank Account Register (CBAR). The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) set a fine of 162,704 EUR, which was reduced by 40% to 97,622 EUR under a settlement pursuant to its 2026 settlement policy.
Recurring mandatory reports need deadline monitoring with escalation – otherwise individual omissions add up to six-figure sums.
- Authority / court
- Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing
- Legal basis
- Reg. 4(2), 8, 9 CBAR Regulations (S.L. 373.03)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement with 40% reduction
- Published
- 4 Sep 2026
- Settlement Agreement Publication Notice – EM@NEY P.L.C. Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 Aug 2026 MiFinity Malta LimitedMalta: MiFinity pays 160,099 EUR following anti-money laundering examination €160,099
At the payment institution, the customer risk assessment had only been introduced after business had started, some customers remained unassessed, and customer profiles were based on transaction thresholds rather than on risk. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) set a fine of 266,833 EUR and a follow-up directive; under a settlement, the fine was reduced by 40% to 160,099 EUR.
A customer risk assessment belongs before business starts, not in a later remediation project.
Risk-based customer profiles and source of funds
- Authority / court
- Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Reg. 2(1), 5(5)(a)(ii), 7(1)(c), 7(2)(a), 21, 22 PMLFTR
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement with 40% reduction; remediation demonstrated
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
- Settlement Agreement Publication Notice – MiFinity Malta Limited Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Aug 2026 Wise Europe SAWise Europe: NBB order and public statement over customer due diligence failures Order
The Banque nationale de Belgique (National Bank of Belgium) found serious anti-money laundering due diligence failures at Wise Europe SA, including in identifying and verifying customers and beneficial owners, ongoing monitoring of business relationships, analysis of atypical transactions and intra-group information sharing. It made public that Wise Europe had not complied with an order of 8 July 2025 to meet these obligations by 31 March 2026, and ordered full compliance by 31 January 2027 at the latest; no fine was published.
Letting a supervisory deadline to remedy KYC failures lapse risks new orders and public naming.
KYC and transaction monitoring at payment service providers
- Authority / court
- Banque nationale de Belgique / Nationale Bank van België (BNB/NBB)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. 13 § 1, 23, 26, 27, 35 § 1 und 45 Gesetz vom 18. September 2017 zur Verhinderung von Geldwäsche; Anordnung nach Art. 93 § 1 1°, Veröffentlichung nach Art. 93 § 2 1° und Art. 98/1 i. V. m. 135 § 3
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 25 Aug 2026
- BNB, Publication de la décision relative à Wise Europe SA en application de l’article 98/1 juncto 135, § 3 de la loi du 18 septembre 2017 Decision of an authority
- BNB, Publication relative à Wise Europe S.A. en application de l’article 93, § 2, 1° de la loi du 18 septembre 2017 Press release of an authority
- BNB, Publication de décisions individuelles – Wise Europe SA (25 août 2026) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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21 Aug 2026 Bank oder Finanzinstitut (anonymisiert)Liechtenstein: CHF 50,000 fine for due diligence and sanctions screening failures €53,459
The Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA, Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority) fined an unnamed legal person CHF 50,000 for breaches of the Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (Due Diligence Act) – business profiles not established or updated as required, group-wide application of the due diligence standard not ensured – and of the Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG, Act on the Enforcement of International Sanctions). The ISG provision relied on makes it an offence punishable by a fine not to carry out the sanctions screening of customer and transaction documents, or to carry it out improperly or late.
Sanctions screening of customers and transactions must be complete and timely, and in groups the due diligence standard must also be applied at branches and subsidiaries.
Sanctions screening of customers and transactions and group-wide due diligence standards
- Authority / court
- Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein (FMA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. 31 Abs. 1 Bst. e und k Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz (SPG); Art. 11 Abs. 1a Bst. c Gesetz über die Durchsetzung internationaler Sanktionen (ISG)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
Original amount 50,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 21 Aug 2026.
- FMA Liechtenstein: Enforcement und Sanktionen – anonymisiert veröffentlichte Sanktionen (Eintrag 21. August 2026, CHF 50 000) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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12 Aug 2026 Banco Genial S.A.Banco Genial: BRL 21.56m for anti-money laundering failings in FX business €3.62m
The Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador (COPAS, sanctions decision committee) of the Banco Central do Brasil (Brazilian central bank) fined Banco Genial S.A. a total of BRL 21,560,000.00: BRL 4,200,000.00 for inadequate anti-money laundering policies, procedures and controls, BRL 8,920,000.00 for failing to verify the credentials of foreign exchange clients and BRL 8,440,000.00 for failing to file suspicious activity reports with the financial intelligence unit Coaf in the proper form and on time. According to the case documents, the reporting charge concerned 1,364 foreign exchange transactions for the acquisition of virtual assets with five clients between November 2020 and October 2021, totalling USD 744,341,982.45.
Foreign exchange transactions for buying crypto-assets require checks on clients' financial capacity and timely suspicious activity reports.
Customer due diligence and suspicious activity reporting in FX and crypto business
- Authority / court
- Banco Central do Brasil (Comitê de Decisão de Processo Administrativo Sancionador – COPAS)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Lei nº 9.613/1998, Art. 10 III, Art. 11 und 12; Lei nº 13.506/2017; Circular BCB nº 3.978/2020; Resolução CMN nº 3.568/2008
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Original amount 21,560,000 BRL, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Aug 2026.
- Banco Central do Brasil: Processo Administrativo Sancionador PE 280965 – Relatório, Voto und Decisão 2349/2026-COPAS vom 12.08.2026 Decision of an authority
- Banco Central do Brasil: Penalidades aplicadas em PAS (Gepad_QuadroPenalidades), PAS 280965 Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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10 Aug 2026 Your Neighbourhood Credit Union LimitedFINTRAC: CAD 16,500 penalty on Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited for one violation of anti-money laundering obligations €10,243
According to FINTRAC, Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited is a provincially regulated credit union based in Kitchener, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 16,500 on the company on 10 August 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed one violation of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violation concerned written compliance policies and procedures. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-2-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
Original amount 16,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Aug 2026.
- Administrative monetary penalty on Your Neighbourhood Credit Union Limited (24.09.2026) Decision of an authority
- FINTRAC – Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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3 Aug 2026 UBS Financial Services Inc.FinCEN: 125 million USD against UBS Financial Services as a repeat offender €108.4m
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed 125 million USD on the broker-dealer – the highest BSA penalty against a broker-dealer to date. UBSFS admitted wilful infringements: the AML programme was inadequate, more than 50,000 foreign currency transfers totalling more than 10 billion USD were not adequately monitored and suspicious activity reports were not filed; it is already the second enforcement action after 2018.
Monitoring gaps left unremedied after an earlier enforcement action lead, the second time round, to a multiple of the original penalty.
- Authority / court
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Up to 15 million USD (remaining amount due by 31 May 2028) may be waived to the extent that UBSFS bears the costs of the independent review of its AML programme and implements its recommendations
- Published
- 3 Aug 2026
Original amount 125,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 3 Aug 2026.
- FinCEN Assesses Historic $125 Million Penalty Against UBS Financial Services Inc. for Recidivist BSA Violations Press release of an authority
- FinCEN Consent Order Imposing Civil Money Penalty – UBS Financial Services Inc. (Number 2026-02) Decision of an authority
- FinCEN Enforcement Actions Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 Jul 2026 Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SAFederal Criminal Court fines Banque Lombard Odier CHF 3 million over money laundering €3.23m
The Bundesstrafgericht (Federal Criminal Court) found Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA guilty of failing to take adequate organisational measures against aggravated money laundering by a former relationship manager who in 2011 and 2012 handled accounts of a criminal organisation holding proceeds of corruption in the Uzbek telecommunications market; despite warning signs, the bank's anti-money-laundering functions did not sufficiently ensure that the origin and purpose of the funds were investigated and documented. The bank was fined CHF 3,000,000 and bears procedural costs of CHF 24,561.49; it was acquitted on the remaining charges, and proceedings for acts before 27 July 2011 were dismissed as time-barred. The judgment is not final.
Warning signs about the origin of large inflows must be investigated and documented by the anti-money-laundering function itself, not just by the relationship manager.
Anti-money-laundering: investigating conspicuous inflows and documentation
- Authority / court
- Bundesstrafgericht (Strafkammer), Anklage der Bundesanwaltschaft
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB i.V.m. Art. 305bis Ziff. 1 und 2 StGB (Urteil SK.2023.42)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- The long time elapsed since the offences (2011/2012) was taken into account as mitigating.
- Published
- 27 Jul 2026
Original amount 3,000,000 CHF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Jul 2026.
- Bundesstrafgericht, Medienmitteilung vom 27.07.2026 (SK.2023.42) Court press release
- Bundesstrafgericht, Dispositiv SK.2023.42 vom 27. Juli 2026 (englische Fassung, anonymisiert) Court decision
- BA-Medienmitteilung vom 29.11.2024: Bank Lombard Odier und ein ehemaliger Mitarbeiter wegen schwerer Geldwäscherei beim Bundesstrafgericht angeklagt Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jul 2026 Shelbit General Trading L.L.CVARA sanctions Shelbit again for unlicensed crypto services, missing KYC and promotion Fine
Despite a cease-and-desist notice and enforcement action of 2 January 2025, the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator) found that Shelbit General Trading L.L.C (Shelbit Exchange) continued to provide virtual asset services in and from Dubai without a licence, onboarded users without the mandatory KYC checks and promoted its services without authorisation. VARA again imposed fines of an undisclosed amount and ordered it to cease immediately; according to the regulator, the risk identified also concerned cross-border transactions with possible consequences for the integrity of the UAE financial system.
Disregarding a cease-and-desist order leads to further sanctions – the regulator keeps monitoring the market after the first action.
Compliance with cease-and-desist orders and KYC obligations
- Authority / court
- Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 (AML/CFT/PF); Cabinet Resolution No. (111) of 2022; Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai; VARA Regulations and Rulebooks
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 24 Jul 2026
- VARA: Notice of Fines – Shelbit General Trading L.L.C (24.07.2026) Press release of an authority
- VARA: Enforcement – Enforcement Actions (Einträge Shelbit General Trading L.L.C, 2026/07/24 und 2025/01/02) Enforcement database of an authority
- VARA Notice of Fines – Shelbit General Trading L.L.C (PDF, von vara.ae verlinkt) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2026 Caisse populaire acadienne ltéeFINTRAC: CAD 676,500 penalty on Caisse populaire acadienne ltée for 3 violations of anti-money laundering obligations €421,916
According to FINTRAC, Caisse populaire acadienne ltée is a federally regulated credit union based in Caraquet, New Brunswick. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 676,500 on the company on 23 July 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 3 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned suspicious transaction reporting, written compliance policies and procedures and assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Specifically, according to FINTRAC, the credit union failed in four instances to report multiple transactions that showed indicators of suspicion. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire acadienne ltée", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-4-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports
- Legal basis
- PCMLTFA s. 7, 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c), 156(2); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
Original amount 676,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
- Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire acadienne ltée (24.09.2026) Decision of an authority
- FINTRAC – Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
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10 Jul 2026 Volksbank Düsseldorf Neuss eGBaFin: 210,000 EUR against Volksbank Düsseldorf Neuss over monitoring and reporting gaps €210,000
Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) imposed fines totalling 210,000 EUR on the cooperative bank: business relationships were not monitored on an ongoing basis or with enhanced scrutiny, additional information was not obtained and suspicious activity reports were not filed or were filed late. The function of the money laundering reporting officer had been outsourced to an external service provider with several clients.
Institutions that outsource the anti-money laundering function remain responsible themselves for ongoing monitoring and timely suspicious activity reports.
Ongoing monitoring of business relationships and suspicious activity reporting
- Authority / court
- Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- § 56 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 20, 36, 38 und 69 GwG; Bekanntmachung nach § 57 GwG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 17 Sep 2026
- Volksbank Düsseldorf Neuss eG: Bafin setzt Bußgelder fest Press release of an authority
- Bekanntmachung zur Volksbank Düsseldorf Neuss eG (§ 57 GwG) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jun 2026 Banca Popolare Commerciale SpaBanca d'Italia: 40,000 EUR against Banca Popolare Commerciale over AML deficiencies €40,000
Following an on-site inspection from February to April 2025, the Bank of Italy (Banca d'Italia) found deficiencies in customer due diligence, active cooperation (suspicious transaction reporting) and anti-money laundering controls, and imposed an administrative fine of 40,000 EUR. The duration of the deficiencies and the corrective measures initiated were taken into account.
Gaps in customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reporting are consistently sanctioned after on-site inspections, even with smaller amounts – corrective measures reduce the sanction but do not replace it.
Customer due diligence and suspicious transaction reports
- Authority / court
- Banca d'Italia
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Art. 62 d.lgs. 231/2007; Verstöße gegen Art. 7, 16–19, 24, 25, 35, 36 d.lgs. 231/2007
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Corrective measures initiated
- Banca Popolare Commerciale Spa – Provvedimento n. 190 del 23 giugno 2026 (AML) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Jun 2026 CACEIS Bank (UK Branch)FCA: public censure for CACEIS UK over deficient checks on a custody client Reprimand or warning
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a public censure because the London branch opened and operated accounts for the wealth manager WealthTek, although its own register searches showed that it lacked permissions to hold client assets, and overlooked a restriction noted in the register; 16 monitoring alerts were not worked through over two years, and more than £314 million flowed through the accounts. In view of cooperation and a voluntary payment of £31.7 million to WealthTek clients, the FCA refrained from imposing a fine (otherwise £23.1 million after discount).
Anyone who notices a discrepancy in the register must clarify and document it before accounts are activated.
Register checks and follow-up on identified KYC gaps
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Section 205 FSMA (Public Censure) wegen Verstoßes gegen FCA Principle 2; Maßstab u. a. SYSC 6.1.1R, 6.3.1R, 6.3.3R und Regulations 18, 27, 28 MLR 2017
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation, acknowledgement of the deficiencies and a voluntary payment of £31,714,068 to those harmed
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- Final Notice 2026: CACEIS Bank (UK Branch) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jun 2026 Ikano Bank ABIkano Bank: 140 million SEK over deficiencies in money laundering risk assessment and customer due diligence €12.9m
For the period April 2022 to May 2023, the Swedish financial supervisory authority Finansinspektionen (FI) found that the bank’s general risk assessment did not realistically assess the terrorist financing risks of its corporate products and that no enhanced due diligence measures were taken for high-risk corporate customers. FI issued a remark and imposed 140 million SEK; the bank has brought an action before the administrative court.
The money laundering risk assessment must reflect the actual customers and products – a generic assessment leaves the entire customer due diligence open to challenge.
Enhanced due diligence for high-risk customers
- Authority / court
- Finansinspektionen (FI)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Penningtvättslagen (2017:630)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 17 Jun 2026
Original amount 140,000,000 SEK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Jun 2026.
- FI ger Ikano Bank en anmärkning och en sanktionsavgift (17.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Jun 2026 MX Global Ltd (MEXC)VARA fines MX Global (MEXC) for unlicensed crypto services and missing KYC Fine
According to investigations by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator), MX Global Ltd, which trades under the MEXC brand, provided broker-dealer and/or exchange services to customers in Dubai without a licence from 2022 to April 2026 and onboarded users without the KYC checks required by law. VARA imposed fines of an undisclosed amount and ordered the immediate cessation of all unlicensed activities in or from Dubai; other group companies were expressly not affected.
Serving customers in a market requires a licence there – and local KYC obligations must be met regardless.
Licensing requirement and KYC for cross-border crypto services
- Authority / court
- Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Federal Decree-Law No. (10) of 2025 (AML/CFT/PF); Dubai Law No. (4) of 2022 Regulating Virtual Assets in the Emirate of Dubai; Cabinet Resolution No. 111/2022; VARA Regulations and Rulebooks
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation, compliance with the cease-and-desist orders and a stated intention to apply for a VARA licence.
- Published
- 22 Jun 2026
- VARA: Notice of Fines – MX Global LTD (MEXC) (22.06.2026) Press release of an authority
- VARA: Enforcement – Enforcement Actions (Eintrag MX Holdings Ltd (MEXC), 2026/06/17) Enforcement database of an authority
- VARA Notice of Fines – MX Global LTD (MEXC) (PDF, von vara.ae verlinkt) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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5 Jun 2026 Caisse populaire Alliance limitéeFINTRAC: CAD 82,500 penalty on Caisse populaire Alliance limitée for 4 violations of anti-money laundering obligations €51,055
According to FINTRAC, Caisse populaire Alliance limitée is a provincially regulated credit union based in North Bay, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 82,500 on the company on 5 June 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 4 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures, enhanced measures for high-risk situations, assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks and the prescribed review of the compliance programme. Specifically, according to FINTRAC, 46 of 118 high-risk clients were not reviewed annually, contrary to the credit union's own policies. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire Alliance limitée", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-1-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1), 9.6(3); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c), 156(1)(f), 156(2), 156(3), 157; Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
Original amount 82,500 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Jun 2026.
- Administrative monetary penalty on Caisse populaire Alliance limitée (24.09.2026) Decision of an authority
- FINTRAC – Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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4 Jun 2026 Pathwise Credit UnionFINTRAC: CAD 41,250 penalty on Pathwise Credit Union for 2 violations of anti-money laundering obligations €25,501
According to FINTRAC, Pathwise Credit Union is a provincially regulated credit union based in Oshawa, Ontario. Canada's anti-money laundering regulator FINTRAC imposed an administrative monetary penalty of CAD 41,250 on the company on 4 June 2026. According to FINTRAC's findings, made during a compliance examination, the company committed 2 violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) and its regulations. As described by the regulator, the violations concerned written compliance policies and procedures and assessing and documenting money laundering and terrorist financing risks. According to FINTRAC, the penalty has been paid in full and the case is closed. Source: FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), "Administrative monetary penalty on Pathwise Credit Union", published 24 September 2026, https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/pen/amps/pen-2026-09-24-3-eng; summarised in our own words; not an official version and not a reproduction of the original.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- PCMLTFA s. 9.6(1); PCMLTF Regulations 156(1)(b), 156(1)(c); Verwaltungsgeldbuße nach Teil 4.1 PCMLTFA
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026
Original amount 41,250 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 4 Jun 2026.
- Administrative monetary penalty on Pathwise Credit Union (24.09.2026) Decision of an authority
- FINTRAC – Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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3 Jun 2026 CoinMENA FZEVARA fines CoinMENA over failings in its anti-money laundering programme Fine
The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA, Dubai's virtual assets regulator) had licensed CoinMENA FZE to provide broker-dealer services on 30 November 2023. In ongoing supervisory inspections covering its entire market operations from the outset up to and including the 2025 financial year, VARA found administrative weaknesses in internal systems and controls that led to compliance failures in the company's anti-money laundering programme. VARA imposed a fine, the amount of which was not published.
Even a licensed provider must keep its anti-money laundering programme aligned with its actual operations – the regulator reviews the entire period of operation.
Internal controls in the AML programmes of crypto service providers
- Authority / court
- Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), Dubai
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation, acceptance of the findings and a coordinated remediation plan.
- Published
- 22 Jun 2026
- VARA: Notice of Fines – CoinMENA FZE (22.06.2026) Press release of an authority
- VARA: Enforcement – Enforcement Actions (Eintrag CoinMENA FZE, 2026/06/03) Enforcement database of an authority
- VARA Notice of Fines – CoinMENA FZE (PDF, von vara.ae verlinkt) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link