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(Press Release) â Â The Bank of Guam is proud to announce that Ashley Ardiente and Keiko Borja have successfully passed the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists or ACAMS examination, and are now fully licensed and certified anti-money laundering specialists.
The ACAMS certification is an extremely competitive international licensing, and with the successful completion by Ardiente an Borja, the Bank of Guam now has five ACAMS certified Bank Officers who possess the knowledge and skillset to combat against money laundering and financial crimes.
Ashley Ardiente began her career at the Bank of Guam in 2016 as an Anti-Money Laundering Investigator I and has been promoted throughout the years. She currently holds a position as a Bank Secrecy Act AML Officer III.
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Lost or misplaced private keys, after all, are a bane of the crypto world â just recall the Welshman who lost 7,500 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $400 million today, when he landfilled his PCâs hard drive, forgetting it was the sole repository of his private key. Meanwhile, traditional banks are societyâs safekeepers par excellence
, so maybe they can improve the crypto user experience with regard to private keys at the very least.
But if major financial institutions are indeed getting involved with cryptocurrencies â and not just in the custody area, as investment bank Morgan Stanley signaled on Feb. 13 a future investment in Bitcoin â why now? Is it just the soaring price of Bitcoin? Or has the evolving blockchain/cryptocurrency industry reached a new level where itâs acceptable even to habitually cautious depository institutions?
• Seeking Senate’s confirmation rubbishes FG’s earlier position, lawyers declare
Abdulrasheed Bawa will become first substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) without police training if his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari is confirmed by the Senate. x
It will be in line with one of the recommendations of the Ayo Salami panel, which investigated the commission and Ibrahim Magu last year.
Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesperson, on Tuesday, announced that the President had asked the Senate to confirm Bawa, who currently heads the Lagos zonal office of the EFCC, as substantive chairman of the commission.
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