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Fintechs set for substantial growth in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Fintech growth.

Money laundering policies will require global rethink

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INTERNATIONAL

Allegations of bribery regarding the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar raised questions about how bribes may have been laundered, as an average of 6.25 billion dollars per…

Russia sees crypto as sanctions solution

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RUSSIA

The invasion of Ukraine and the raft of crippling Western sanctions that followed have rekindled the Russian government's interest in cryptocurrencies, with a view to using them…

Panama will pursue transparency efforts in 2017

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PANAMA

Panama’s efforts to improve transparency.

Lebanese Shia will rely on Hezbollah parallel economy

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LEBANON

This promptly followed reports of a large explosion at a Hezbollah-linked fuel depot on a smuggling route across the Lebanon-Syria border, possibly targeted by Israeli planes.

UK fraud and tax evasion measures enhanced

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UNITED KINGDOM

Money laundering and terrorist financing clampdown.

ICBC cyberattack will affect finance and diplomacy

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INT

The attack exposed significant vulnerabilities in the global market for US Treasuries. It also signals that Chinese organisations, especially those that do business in the United…

Russian import substitution will struggle

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RUSSIA

Russia import substitution.

Prospects for the EU in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for the EU in 2016.

South-South cooperation has a long way to go

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INTERNATIONAL

Foreign development assistance from and to countries in the ‘Global South’ aims to disrupt not only the established direction of aid flows from the northern to the southern…