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10 Apr 2025 Block, Inc.NYDFS: 40 million USD against Block (Cash App) over AML deficiencies USA, NYCustomer due diligence €36.1m

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) imposed 40 million USD on the operator of Cash App for serious gaps in its BSA/AML programme, including insufficient customer due diligence, a lack of risk-based controls and untimely transaction monitoring. Rapid growth in 2019/2020 led to a considerable backlog of alerts; an independent monitor is being appointed.

What organisations can take from it

Scale compliance capacity with growth – a backlog of alerts is a supervisory infringement in its own right.

Authority / court: New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
Area of law: Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
Legal basis: BSA/AML-, Geldtransfer- und Virtual-Currency-Vorschriften des NYDFS
Action: Fine
Status of proceedings: final
Sector: Financial services and insurance
Employees: 10,000 or more
Mitigating circumstances: Cooperation and remedial measures already initiated
Published: 10 Apr 2025

Original amount 40,000,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Apr 2025.

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Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris Secures $40 Million Settlement with Block, Inc. for Inadequate Anti-Money Laundering Program and Virtual Currency Compliance Failures on Cash App Platform Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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