Even though I explained that I wasn’t a victim of fraud and answered 10 minutes of pointless questions (how long did I know my friend in Dubai? when did I last see him? what would the employee use the money for?), Western Union ultimately decided to reject the transfer. Why? I ...
At Vistra, we protect the interest of the lender on one hand, by monitoring end use and repayments – and the interests of the borrower on the other, by ensuring that the source of funds reaches them in a timely fashion. Through the protection of both the lenders' and borrowers' ...
The sovereign funds of Kuwait and the UAE (especially Dubai) had invested large shares of their capital into emerging market stocks and bonds, and as a consequence they experienced particularly large losses. The sovereign funds of Saudi Arabia followed a much more conservative investment strategy ...
Trade-based money laundering will become an area of increasing focus. The industry will need to work closely with regulators to address concerns and improve our ability to detect and prevent crime in transactions. Decoupling inhibits international cooperation and creates more space for bad actors to ...
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Network International LLC (NI), headquartered in Dubai, has helped banks in the Middle East and Africa prevent fraud using an on-prem and cloud-hosted version of the industry leading FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager More than 40 financial institutions in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt...
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Here are nine of the best international growth ETFs to buy in 2025: ETF Assets under management Expense ratio Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (ticker: VXUS) $76.9 billion 0.08% Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF (DBEF) $6.9 billion 0.35% iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (EFG) $15.4 ...
Valesco secures €600m refinancing of Finance Tower in Brussels Madeleine Knight16 Dec 2024 Deal with a consortium of blue-chip lenders is Europe’s largest office refinancing since the pandemic, according to Valesco. UK freezes assets of three kleptocrats in fresh ‘dirty money’ crackdown ...
” In the 2024 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing report, the U.S. Treasury Department stated that Hezbollah “members and sympathizers have long been involved in an array of large-scale criminal schemes, including sophisticated money laundering, smuggling, and ...