Visa, Mastercard and American Express have all announced decisions to suspend their operations in Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine.
March 8, 2022The government is also making available KRW 2 trillion in emergency lending support to Korean businesses impacted by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
March 8, 2022Gazprom's GDR listing on SGX has been suspended. Issuers are directed to suspend trading if they are subject to sanctions or engaging in sanctioned business dealings with Russia.
March 8, 2022One option is for foreign shareholders to transfer their shares to be managed by Russian partners until they return to the market at a later date.
March 7, 2022Sberbank and Gazprombank not included in ban; Global banks demonstrating "extreme caution"; Crypto exchanges under pressure to Russia-linked transactions.
March 3, 2022Seven Russian banks will likely be cut off from SWIFT; Japan will freeze Russia's yen reserves; Korea will suspend transactions with seven Russian banks and their subsidiaries.
March 2, 2022Singapore will block certain Russian banks and financial transactions connected to Russia. Major Singapore banks are already restricting trade financing for Russian commodities.
March 1, 2022Western leaders have committed to removing "selected Russian banks" from the SWIFT financial messaging system to harm their ability to operate globally.
February 28, 2022The US is targeting all ten of Russia’s largest financial institutions. Russian access to most major markets has been restricted.
February 25, 2022The draft proposes requirements for VASPs relating to corporate governance, tax reporting, data storage, internal controls, risk management, client identification/KYC and segregation of assets.
February 25, 2022