Mitteilungen - Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba): Bafin ordnet Mängelbeseitigung an - Bafin

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Die Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba) mit Sitz in Frankfurt a.M. muss angemessene und geeignete Maßnahmen ergreifen, um Mängel in der Prävention von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung zu beseitigen. Insbesondere muss sie Kundendaten überprüfen und aktualisieren. Das hat die Finanzaufsicht Bafin angeordnet.

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TITLE: Germany's Financial Regulator Orders Helaba to Remediate Anti-Money Laundering Deficiencies BODY: On July 20, 2026, the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) ordered Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale (Helaba), a Frankfurt-based bank, to implement appropriate and suitable measures to remediate deficiencies in its prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing. BaFin identified significant gaps in Helaba's customer due diligence procedures, including failures to properly identify customers and verify and update customer data on a regular basis. The deficiencies also extended to the bank's risk analysis and transaction monitoring frameworks. These failures violated provisions of the Money Laundering Act (Geldwäschegesetz) and the Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz). Under the Money Laundering Act, financial institutions must conduct comprehensive customer due diligence, including verifying customer identity and regularly reviewing and updating customer information. The Banking Act requires credit institutions to continuously monitor their business relationships and transactions to prevent their misuse for laundering proceeds of crime into the legitimate financial system. BaFin issued the remediation order under Section 51(2) of the Money Laundering Act and Section 44(1) of the Banking Act. The orders became final and binding on June 20, 2026. BaFin has required Helaba to eliminate the identified deficiencies within a specified timeframe and to report regularly on its progress in remediation efforts. This enforcement action reflects BaFin's commitment to ensuring that credit institutions maintain robust anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing controls.
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