Fed and OCC fine American Express $350M for deficient anti-money laundering controls
FROM THE WIRE · AMERICANBANKER.COM
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Thursday fined American Express National Bank $350 million after uncovering $13 billion in suspected illicit activity. The Federal Reserve ordered the company to improve its financial crime controls in a separate order Thursday.
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTHIGH✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishRecord fine and mandatory overhaul of financial crime controls pose significant reputational and operational risk to Amex.AI-generated summary
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- 01OCC fined American Express National Bank $350 million for anti-money laundering violations.
- 02The bank failed to detect $13 billion in suspected illicit activity.
- 03Federal Reserve separately ordered improvements to financial crime controls.
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