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Crypto-friendly bank must enhance investigatory standards in AML/OFAC arenas

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The Fed ordered the bank to enhance its AML and OFAC compliance regimes, citing “significant deficiencies.”

The US Federal Reserve recently brought an enforcement action against Customers Bancorp (Customers) for what it called “significant deficiencies” around the bank’s risk-management and anti-money-laundering practices.

The enforcement action against the Pennsylvania-based bank, which provides digital asset services and a tokenized instant payments platform, stemmed from a recent examination by