Banks are increasingly carrying out checks to verify that their customers are not laundering money, financing terrorism or violating sanctions, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) said on Monday. At the same time, the Dutch central bank noted that some banks are delaying or scaling back improvements to their controls and checks. As a result, they have to do more to get their controls in order.
The European Banking Federation (EBF) is calling on the European Union (EU) to streamline regulation of banks and to declare banks a “strategic sector.” The group is promoting these reforms as a way to boost the competitiveness of the region’s banks, Reuters reported Tuesday (April 16). EBF CEO Wim Mijs told reporters Tuesday during a briefing that Europe must take a […]
Germany’s LBBW bank and crypto exchange Bitpanda have announced a partnership. The federal bank will use Bitpanda’s technology to develop its own custody solution for crypto. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Germany’s largest federal bank, has partnered with Austria-based crypto exchange Bitpanda as it looks to launch its crypto custody services. In the announcement shared on Monday, […]
The security analyst looks at the state of play in the war in Ukraine and assesses how much the agreed US money will help.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing crimes from occurring, t
(The Center Square) – Washington state government spending increased 169% from 1991 to 2023. The state’s total spending was $12.21 billion in 1991 and increased to $73.59 billion in 2023. When adjusted for inflation, that accounts for the 169% increase. That's according to budget documents provided online by the state. The migration of people to Washington over the past 32 years has triggered a dramatic increase in the number of state workers. ...
Experian offers options to help cover college expenses, from a budget review to cost-cutting, to a part-time job and grants and scholarships, if federal student loans just aren't enough.
"The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed", Joanna Arnow's debut, is a funny, BDSM-flavored comedy about a woman searching for meaning in life. Review.
Supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota are welcoming federal legislation that would help cover the construction costs of the library and to showcase artifacts of the 26th president
Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana is pushing a measure that would prohibit federal funds from flowing to NPR."After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support" National Public Radio, "including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station," the proposal, dubbed the "Defund NPR Act," states. The same...
The adult film star. The betraying bagman. The brash billionaire. The plot reads like a "Sopranos" episode, a shadowy narrative of a nation’s sins and troubling divisions, its characters converging in a New York courtroom where, for the first time in history, a former president will stand before a jury in a criminal trial. Donald Trump is giving the country another unruly moment to mark. There have been so many over the years — the Jan. 6 insurrection, the failed pandemic response — that they...
EUGENE, Ore.— A North Bend man was indicted on child sex abuse charges earlier this week. 39-year-old Christopher Jay Young was charged in a two-count indictment. For attempting to coerce a child under the age 0f 18 and attempting to use a child in sexually explicit videos or images. According to court documents, back in […]