Jack Dorsey's Block fined $40M for alleged crypto compliance, AML failures

Digital payments company Block Inc. has reached a $40 million settlement with New York regulators over alleged compliance misconducts tied to its Cash App platform, Bloomberg reported on April 10. Block was fined by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) following an investigation into Cash App’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and cryptocurrency compliance operations, Bloomberg said after reviewing the government agency’s consent order.  NYDFS determined that Block allegedly violated consumer protection laws and didn’t conduct proper due diligence on its customers source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/jack-dorsey-block-inc-fined-nydfs?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound