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flag New Zealand's central bank sued ASB Bank over AML-CFT breaches, leading to a $6.73M penalty.

flag The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has filed civil proceedings against ASB Bank over alleged AML-CFT law breaches dating to at least 2019, citing failures in customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, and reporting. flag ASB admitted all seven charges and agreed to a recommended $6.73 million penalty, which the court will decide. flag The bank said it resolved all backlogged alerts by February 2024 and has strengthened compliance systems. flag The RBNZ stressed that non-compliance undermines financial integrity and warned the industry, noting ASB was not accused of enabling actual money laundering or terrorism financing.

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