Anti-money laundering
Crypto firms are dodging scrutiny, US comptroller warns
Hsu compares crypto exchange FTX to BCCI, subject of infamous ’90s banking scandal
Lebanese judge to interview central bank governor
Second judge summons Salameh over allegations as observers say governor could extend term
OK regulator? How AI became respectable for AML controls
Dutch court case pressures supervisors to accept new tech; explainability the key challenge
Swiss authorities freeze Lebanese governor’s assets – report
Lebanese prosecutor orders judge to pause investigation of crisis-hit banks
FATF suspends Russia and grey-lists Africa’s largest economies
South African president pledges rapid reform as Yellen hails action against Russia
Lebanese governor is charged with financial crimes
Prosecutor asks higher court to examine case against Riad Salameh
Lebanese governor says he will step down this year
European magistrates intend to return to investigate allegations against Salameh, reports say
Crypto ‘mixer’ regulation could be simple – Fed research
Counterparties could be obliged to follow similar rules as for cash
UAE grants licence to Russian bank
US voices concerns over sanctions evasion and threatens action against facilitators
Alwyn Jordan becomes Barbados central bank’s acting governor
Cleviston Haynes left central bank on January 31 as his term ended
Federal Reserve fines bank over AML breaches on Covid-19 loans
Popular Bank allegedly processed six coronavirus-era loans with significant signs of fraud
European investigators want to interview Lebanese governor
Magistrates investigating money laundering reports have interviewed two former deputy governors
European investigators meet with former Lebanese deputy governor
Prosecutor says he will appoint new judge to investigate corruption allegations against Riad Salameh
European judges seek to question Lebanese governor
German and French investigators want to speak to Salameh over money-laundering allegations
Regulators should treat crypto trading as gambling – Panetta
Self-destruction of crypto sector is not assured, says ECB official
Brazilian financial intelligence unit moves from central bank
President gives finance ministry control of unit but leaves its powers unchanged
The behind-the-scenes effort to convert Ukrainian refugee cash
How central and commercial banks worked to allow Ukrainians to exchange cash in wartime
Bo Bo Nge in hands of ‘arbitrary’ regime
Jailing of reform-minded central banker is “attack on central bank governance globally”
Yemen central bank sanctions firms in Houthi-controlled areas
Exchange firms in northern territories ordered to close accounts
Portuguese PM threatens legal action against ex-governor
António Costa denies pressuring Carlos Costa over bank intervention
Should a CBDC really be like cash?
Electronic and physical cash are fundamentally different and must be treated as such, writes Dave Birch
FATF puts Myanmar on money-laundering blacklist
Move may increase economic pressure on military junta as currency crisis grows
Liechtenstein judge confirms he is investigating Lebanese governor
Salameh is now subject of several judicial probes as central bank ends petrol subsidies
Myanmar may go on money laundering blacklist, report says
Opposition calls on New York Fed to unfreeze Myanmar assets to back proposed digital currency