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A&O Shearman

BankID – a fix to the Czech KYC misery

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Since 1 January 2017, when the Act No. 186/2016 Coll., on Gambling (the Gambling Act) entered into force, foreign online gambling operators have been at a disadvantage in the methods of identity verification of their...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

2016 Year in Review: Money Laundering (Part One)

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2016 was a busy year for developments in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the criminal money laundering statutes, forfeiture, and related issues. In part one of our year-in-review, we discuss six key...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 5.20.16

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Manhattan USA Preet Bharara’s back in front of the cameras and back on the insider-trading horse with the announcement yesterday of criminal charges against well-known sports bettor Billy Walters and former investment banker...more

K&L Gates LLP

Is Money Being Laundered Through Your Financial Institution Using Daily Fantasy Sports Sites?

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This alert addresses the explosion in popularity of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) sites and the money-laundering potential that DFS sites may offer to criminals around the world. It then explains potential legal liability...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Saving to Win Big: Prize-Linked Savings Accounts Are the Newest Promotional Trend

It’s a lottery where you can’t lose, but is it legal? A growing promotional trend being utilized by financial institutions such as banks and credit unions is the offering of prize-linked savings (PLS) products, which provide...more

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