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American Express Hit With $350 Million Fine For Anti-Money Laundering Lapses
American Express Hit With $350 Million Fine For Anti-Money Laundering Lapses
Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times,
American Express has been ordered to pay a $350 million penalty over what federal regulators described as "critical deficiencies" in its anti-money laundering controls.
The American Express credit card is accepted at the front of a business in Chicago, Il., on February 11, 2025 Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe regulators said it missed about $13 billion in suspected activity over more than a decade.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced the civil penalty...
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Jul 26, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Machete-Wielding Islamic Terrorist Killed By Cops After Deadly Berlin Pride Attack
Machete-Wielding Islamic Terrorist Killed By Cops After Deadly Berlin Pride Attack
Update (1400ET): The machete-wielding Islamic extremist who drove into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival has been shot dead by police.
Abdul Ballout, 21, crashed into partygoers near the Christopher Street Day Parade on Saturday night, killing one person and wounding 29 others.
As The Telegraph reports, the German citizen, who had Lebanese roots and a previous conviction for terror offences, was the subject of a manhunt for more than 20 hours until officers tracked him down to a garden shed in...
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Mar 6, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Nearly 20,000 Americans Have Safely Returned Home From The Mid-East: State Dept
Nearly 20,000 Americans Have Safely Returned Home From The Mid-East: State Dept
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Nearly 20,000 U.S. citizens have returned safely from the Middle East since Feb. 28, when the Iran conflict broke out, Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary at the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, said in a March 5 statement.
Smoke rises from a reported Iranian strike in the industrial district of Doha, Qatar, on March 1, 2026. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images
“These figures do not include the many Americans who have safely...
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Jul 1, 2026 / Tyler Durden
These Are The Biggest Pain Trades
These Are The Biggest Pain Trades
Last week saw renewed skepticism in the AI narrative, this week there is growing skepticism to the semiconductor narrative. A multitude of reasons from leveraged single-stock ETFs to a too hawkish Fed were apparent in explaining renewed Tech weakness. Indeed, despite Micron’s post earnings rally, which has now fully faded, much of the broader tech sector did not bounce back as might have been expected.
In a note laying out the biggest pain trades in the market currently, titled appropriately "The Biggest Pain Trades" (available...
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