
The US Federal Reserve Board announced it had fined Popular Bank $2.3 million US dollars on January 24, for failing to follow anti-money laundering policies.
The Fed said Popular Bank, based in New York City, processed six loans regardless of knowledge of “significant indications of potential fraud”.
The six loans, made under a law allowing emergency loans to small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, were for a cumulative $1.1 million dollars.
The bank suffered a loss with respect to