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Senior management and compliance teams at major banks have been working vigilantly to understand the new sanctions imposed on Russia, Reuters reported Sunday (Feb. 27)....
In Moscow and other Russian cities, people are trying to get cash, both in rubles and dollars, due to fears of a fiscal crash following...
As reports of military action and casualties mount following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a parallel ‘financial war’ is also escalating that is aimed at isolating Moscow through a growing...
In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Russia’s financial services were further handicapped when the National Bank of Ukraine revoked the licenses...
President Joe Biden announced this week that the U.S. and Europe and other allies were stepping up their sanctions against Russia over its invasion of...
The EU and the U.S. are formally signing off on sanctions against Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, but the...
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (Feb. 24) pushed “very hard” to remove Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) international...
In times of war — or of armed conflicts that are wars in all but name — payments can be weaponized (after a fashion). Or,...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering banning Russia from the SWIFT global payments system, and is in discussions with the U.S. about the matter,...