Inside Asian Gaming
IAG JAN 2021年1月 亞博匯 49 of New York and the Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. It is the world’s largest custodian bank and asset servicing company, with US$1.9 trillion in assets under management and US$37.2 trillion in assets under custody as of the second quarter of 2020. BNY Mellon is incorporated in Delaware. “Through its Bank of New York predecessor, it is one of the three oldest banking corporations in the United States, and among the oldest banks in the world, having been established in June 1784 by a group that included American Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Mellon had been founded in 1869 by the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, which included Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon.” I was extremely impressed by what I saw and what I learned during my trip to Mellon Bank. We were told that on an average day the wire transfer room would process over US$1 billion in bank transfers from and to destinations all around the world. Our casino cage seemed miniscule in comparison. Mellon also had over 48,000 employees, which meant that someone had to be responsible for training all of these employees in policies, procedures and what to watch for regarding any suspicious transactions. However, what really fascinated me and surprised me the most was seeing numerous bright fluorescent orange stickers stuck on numerous files and documents in their wire transfer room. I asked our host what they meant, and he brought one file over and showed us. The orange sticky note said, “BIG MONEY.” He further explained that they, like many other large corporations, had to depend upon human interaction 其中一宗現時的案例就是澳洲皇冠度假酒店集團。該公司最 近在一場對於其是否適合持有賭牌的調查中承認,公司的一些國 際銀行戶口可能被用於清洗黑錢。這是一宗現在持續進行當中的 案例,因此我不會著墨細節。我希望仔細討論的是本來可以在過 去採取,從而可能避免事情發生的防範措施。最近那個把焦點放在 「還原基本步」的ICE Digital Webinar就提醒了我,有一種雖然簡 單但是有用的基本防止措施。 我在很多年前為一間知名大型博企工作過。該公司為了積極 地進行國際娛樂場市場推廣,在世界各地開設無數辦事處及銀行 戶口,用來支持世界各地員工的推廣工作。這些員工中很多不論 在業內、帳房工作或市場推廣上的工作紅經驗都比較資淺。因此, 我們當時關心的是,更多學習關於各種銀行系統及程序、銀行匯 款,以及處理玩家、中介和獨立代表的現金儲款等。現在回想,我 發現那時是何等無知及危險。可是,我們也花了很大的努力去盡 量學習關於清洗黑錢的事宜,以及我們可以做甚麼來避免我們的 賭場內出現洗黑錢的情況。 我們當時的國際銀行是梅隆銀行,總部在紐約市。我們有一 個小組被派去與該銀行負責匯款及反黑錢的高層會面,我是該小 組的其中一員。 梅隆銀行有一段有趣的歷史。維基百科有以下一段記載:「一 般被稱作BNY Bank的紐約梅隆銀行,是美國的一個跨國投資銀 行服務集團,以紐約為基地。紐約梅隆銀行是在紐約銀行和梅隆 金融公司於2007年合併後所組成。它是世界最大的託管銀行和資 產服務公司,在2020年第二季管理1.9萬億元的資產和託管37.2萬 元。紐約梅隆銀行於達拉華州組成的。」 「由於其前身為紐約銀行的關係,該公司是美國其中一間 歷史最悠久的銀行企業,也是世界上其中一間最古老的銀行,於 1784年6月由包括美國開國元勳亞歷山大.咸美頓及阿龍.伯爾等 人士創立。梅隆在1869年由匹茲堡的家族成立。梅隆家族中包括 美國財政部部長安德魯.威廉.梅隆。」 我對於在梅隆之旅的所見所聞所學非常印象深刻。 有人告訴我們,一間匯款室在平常的一天可能要處理總額超 專欄
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