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    Sanctions

    G7 Expected to Issue Warning to Chinese Banks This Week

    By Editors | 09/06/2024

    G7 leaders are expected to issue public statements this week warning smaller Chinese banks about the help they provide to Russia.

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    Enforcement

    DOJ Secures Guilty Plea in Russia Export Control Case

    By Editors | 08/06/2024

    A US-Russian national sent firearm parts, components, and ammunition from the US to Russia, including via Kazakhstan.

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    Sanctions

    IAEA Issues Resolution Calling for Cooperation from Iran

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/06/2024

    When proposing the resolution, the UK, France and Germany noted that the power to “snap back” UN sanctions on Iran is available until October 2025.

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    Sanctions

    Whistleblower Alleges AWS Breached UK Sanctions – Report

    By Editors | 08/06/2024

    A former AWS employee alleges he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns about facial recognition technology being illegally supplied to Russia.

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    Big Picture

    Significant Progress Made on Cross Border Payments: CPMI

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/06/2024

    More work is needed to integrate cross-border projects with domestic systems, and to extend the operating hours of key payment systems.

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    Sanctions

    Taiwan Adds Nitrocellulose to Export Control List

    By Editors | 06/06/2024

    Taiwan is expanding its restrictions on exports of nitrocellulose, which is used to make smokeless gunpowder and ammunition propellant.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    FIA, DMIST Publishes New Standards on Average Pricing

    By Editors | 06/06/2024

    DMIST calls for CCPs globally to adopt the new average pricing standards, to drive consistency and improve allocation processes.

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    Market Infrastructure

    IOSCO Releases Final Report on Handling Market Outages

    By Nithya Subramanian | 06/06/2024

    The report offers five good practices to improve trading venues’ preparedness for and resilience to market outages.

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    AML / KYC

    US Authorities Accused of Ignoring Evidence Against StanChart

    By Editors | 06/06/2024

    A whistleblower says US officials falsely denied that he had provided useful information in order to have his claim for a whistleblower reward dismissed.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Project mBridge Ready for Live Transactions by Early Adopters

    By Manesh Samtani | 06/06/2024

    Private sector firms are invited to further develop the multi-CBDC platform by proposing new solutions and use cases.

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