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🚨 Dirty Loans, Clean Records: The AML Black Hole in U.S. Lending

Illicit Edge - Edition for May 16, 2025

🔥 NEW PODCAST DROP!

Welcome to Episode 4 of FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix
The latest podcast from Illicit Edge

Lending Dirty Money:
How LendTechs & Crypto Are Slipping Through the Cracks

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Last week, we exposed the trillion-dollar AML void in the payments ecosystem.

This week, we widen the lens — and what’s hiding in plain sight is even more dangerous.

🔍 In today’s episode:

• How unregulated lenders have become perfect laundering vehicles
• Why most LendTechs and BNPL platforms dodge AML rules completely
• What Australia’s doing right — and why U.S. regulators are asleep at the wheel
• The real problem with crypto compliance (hint: it’s not just the tech)

💬 Loans are the perfect laundering tool.

Sarah Beth breaks down how the U.S. is falling behind — again — and why banks are silently absorbing the risk.

👉 Watch here | Listen here

If you’re in compliance, risk, fintech, crypto, or lending — this is your warning shot.

🕵️‍♂️ Missed Episode 3?

The $Trillion Loophole: Why Fintechs Keep Dodging AML Rules
👉 [Catch up here]

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