Washington continues blitz on third-country entities linked to sanctions evasion
The US is continuing its blitz of sanctions on third-country entities that Washington believes are helping sanctioned entities to continue doing business in global markets. The latest sanctioning of 39 entities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey and the UAE relate to them allegedly forming a…
Wolfsberg Group updates and publishes guidance on correspondent banking
The Wolfsberg Group, the association of global banks that aims to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks, has updated and published its Financial Crime Principles for Correspondent Banking. The principles detail risk-based due diligence measures that allow the correspondent bank to assess…
