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OFAC hits State Street with $7.5m penalty for Russian sanctions gaps

Plus, FinCEN fines Canaccord Genuity $80 million for AML failures, Keysight launches SBOM compliance manager, and transaction monitoring takes centre stage.

13 April 2026 · 4 min read

OFAC hits State Street with $7.5m penalty for Russian sanctions gaps

State Street's $7.5 million OFAC fine highlights a familiar problem: custodian banks aren't catching sanctions violations in their transaction monitoring. The regulator wants stronger screening controls across the board. We've also got FinCEN's much larger $80 million hit on Canaccord for systemic AML gaps, plus a new compliance tool from Keysight that's worth a look. Read on for what tightens next.

In today's brief

  • 1 What State Street's Russia screening failure means for custodian bank compliance controls
  • 2 What Canaccord's $80m penalty reveals about multi-regulator coordination on broker-dealer AML failures
  • 3 What does State Street's Russia violation signal about transaction-layer screening gaps?
  • 4 Will software bill of materials tools become mandatory compliance infrastructure across regulated sectors?
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