While banks are easy targets to blame, the recent leaks of suspicious-activity reports—revealed by BuzzFeed News in September—instead confirmed that they are fulfilling their roles in the fight against international money laundering. Rather, it is the whole system that is on the verge of collapse and needs to be rethought.
Read the point of view of Laurent LIOTARD-VOGT Partner in the Hong-Kong office and Florent Palayret Director in the New-York office in this article published in the International Banker: https://internationalbanker.com/banking/fincen-files-dont-shoot-the-messenger/