0 minute readThe Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to focus its stepped up enforcement efforts on stamping out mortgage fraud and money laundering in the year ahead, the agency’s enforcement director Margaret Cole said. The regulator will visit mortgage lenders to review their financial controls and has started to study bank services “that pose high risks” for money laundering, she said in the FSA’s July Financial Crime newsletter.
Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio
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Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio
