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    Sanctions

    Russian President Signs Decree Allowing Confiscation of US Assets

    By Editors | 24/05/2024

    Russian entities impacted by sanctions can seek compensation through US-owned properties, companies, bank accounts, or shares located in Russia.

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    Big Picture

    CPMI Offers Analysis Of Fast Payment System Integration

    By Mark Johnston | 24/05/2024

    New report provides an analysis of the benefits and challenges associated with the integration of fast payment systems across borders.

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    AML / KYC

    A Radical Re-think on Combatting Trade Based Money Laundering

    By Kelvin Toh | 24/05/2024

    Kelvin Toh discusses the factors hindering current efforts to combat TBML, and what more can be done to combat this activity.

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    Market Infrastructure

    FSB Considers Ways to Enhance Resilience of CP and CD Markets

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    CP and CD markets feature limited secondary market activity due to the buy-and-hold nature of these instruments, the FSB says.

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    Sanctions

    Canada Announces Sanctions Targeting DPRK-Russia Arms Trade

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    Two individuals and six entities were sanctioned for their involvement in the transportation of weapons from North Korea to Russia.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Swift Enables Banks to Improve Services for Corporates

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    Swift will extend ISO 20022 across the entire payment chain, and provide ready-to-use, white-labelled payment tracking services via API.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    DTCC Completes Blockchain Pilot for Mutual Fund Data

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    The pilot explored the feasibility of delivering NAV data for mutual funds across different blockchain networks.

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    Sanctions

    US Sanctions Blamed for Death of Iranian President

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    Iran has been unable to buy aviation spare parts, one of the main reasons cited for the helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi.

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    Sanctions

    Russia Seizes Assets of Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, UniCredit

    By Editors | 22/05/2024

    The banks were among the guarantor lenders under a contract for the construction of a gas processing plant which was terminated due to sanctions.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Top Tech firms Commit to AI Safety at Seoul Summit

    By Nithya Subramanian | 22/05/2024

    Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and others have pledged to not develop or deploy AI models if the risks cannot be sufficiently mitigated.

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