But is it Macroprudential?
 File this in your dictionary of new fince term, somewhere near "algorithmic shredding"--microsmurfing:  
The term "smurfing" refers to the small army of people hired by money launderers to make small denomination bank deposits.  Smurfing, and its more recent variation, micro-smurfing, has been one of the most common ways that money launderers, most often working on behalf of drug organizations, have laundered proceeds of criminal activity. 
Micro-structuring (or micro-smurfing) tries to defeat transaction-monitoring systems by making the deposits so small they "fly under the radar" of the detection rules embedded in the software systems.  While micro-structuring is difficult to detect and prevent, banks can and should be able to meet this challenge. 
Source: inhouse manual of a major consultancy.  
 
 
 
          
      
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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