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G7 respond to Bush's call to freeze accounts
US - Washington's G7 partners have begun to respond to President George Bush's call yesterday to freeze financial accounts of a list of suspected terrorist organisations and individuals linked to them.
Russians allowed to open accounts in foreign banks
RUSSIA - Russia's Central Bank allowed Russian citizens to open accounts in foreign banks for non-business purposes, according to the CBR ruling, published in CBR's official bulletin today, 19 September. The ruling takes affect in ten days.
RBI pulls up IFCI for poor supervision
INDIA - The Reserve Bank of India has come down heavily on the Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) for poor supervision of its loan portfolio, lack of proper asset liability management (ALM), rollover of sticky accounts and improper asset…
Philippine money laundering probe threshold cut
PHILIPPINES - Lawmakers plan to cut the deposit threshold of bank accounts that can be probed under anti-money laundering legislation.
National Bank of Denmark - Annual Report 2000
REPORT - The Danmarks Nationalbank has published its Report and Accounts 2000. It was a year in which a referendum was held on Denmark's proposed adoption of the euro.