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Wells Fargo Pushed to Up Financial Crime Monitoring

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U.S. regulators have taken bank and financial
services firm, Wells Fargo to task, demanding that the bank dramatically
improve its monitoring of financial crime. According to The
Wall Street Journal
, U.S. regulators are focusing on the bank’s procedures
and tools, rather than on a specific event or client.

The bank refused to comment when approached by Reuters, so everything’s
a little cloak and dagger right now.

In 2016, a
scandal erupted around Wells Fargo’s sales practices
and ever since the
bank has been working to rectify a series of issues in its compliance
processes. However, these steps have come under criticism from insiders at
various points.

According to the WSJ reporting, authorities haven’t ruled out a fine
for Wells Fargo, despite the fact that efforts to fix its processes are
ongoing. So, there appears to be an issue there. It’s all very clandestine, but something’s certainly afoot.

Allowing a Ponzi Scheme?

Wells Fargo is also currently
facing a lawsuit
claiming it allowed Matthew Beasley, a Las Vegas attorney,
to operate an alleged Ponzi scheme . In court filings the bank denied that
“it had actual knowledge of, or provided assistance to, any alleged
wrongdoing by Beasley,” according to the WSJ report.

The news comes at a time when the bank is cutting back its physical
operations to increasingly focus
on digital services.

U.S. regulators have taken bank and financial
services firm, Wells Fargo to task, demanding that the bank dramatically
improve its monitoring of financial crime. According to The
Wall Street Journal
, U.S. regulators are focusing on the bank’s procedures
and tools, rather than on a specific event or client.

The bank refused to comment when approached by Reuters, so everything’s
a little cloak and dagger right now.

In 2016, a
scandal erupted around Wells Fargo’s sales practices
and ever since the
bank has been working to rectify a series of issues in its compliance
processes. However, these steps have come under criticism from insiders at
various points.

According to the WSJ reporting, authorities haven’t ruled out a fine
for Wells Fargo, despite the fact that efforts to fix its processes are
ongoing. So, there appears to be an issue there. It’s all very clandestine, but something’s certainly afoot.

Allowing a Ponzi Scheme?

Wells Fargo is also currently
facing a lawsuit
claiming it allowed Matthew Beasley, a Las Vegas attorney,
to operate an alleged Ponzi scheme . In court filings the bank denied that
“it had actual knowledge of, or provided assistance to, any alleged
wrongdoing by Beasley,” according to the WSJ report.

The news comes at a time when the bank is cutting back its physical
operations to increasingly focus
on digital services.

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