Source: CFTC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has approved the previously announced settlement and entered a consent order of permanent injunction, civil monetary penalty, and equitable relief against Changpeng Zhao and his companies Binance Holdings Limited, Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, and Binance (Services) Holdings Limited (together, Binance).
Source: European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) today published a joint report on the impact of climate change on the European Union (EU) financial system.
Source: Bank for International Settlements
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today published a consultative document to propose targeted adjustments to its standard on banks' exposures to cryptoassets.
In its Fall 2023 Semiannual Risk Perspective, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) emphasizes the importance of adaptive risk management strategies for financial institutions. The report covers key risk themes, highlighting the need for vigilance despite the overall robustness of the federal banking system.
Source: Fintrac
FINTRAC announced today that it has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
On November 26, an isolated cybersecurity incident struck Ongoing Operations, a unit of Trellance, impacting the operations of approximately 60 credit unions that are clients of the firm. In response to the incident, the vendor, Ongoing Operations, promptly took action and initiated an investigation. The company also informed federal law enforcement about the cyber attack.
Source: ACI Worldwide
Authorized Push Payment (APP) scam losses are on the rise and expected to climb to $6.8 billion — a combined compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% — by 2027 across six leading real-time payment markets (U.S., U.K., India, Brazil, Australia and Saudi Arabia) according to Scamscope, a new report by global payments software company ACI Worldwide and GlobalData, a leading global analytics firm.
Scammers have devised a sophisticated hotel booking scam by hijacking Booking.com accounts, prompting guests to share their payment card information. Researchers from Secureworks warned that customers received deceptive emails or in-app messages, appearing to be from hotel owners, requesting payment details for upcoming stays.
