Tajikistan’s largest bank “Dushanbe City Bank” said it will no longer support the use of Mir cards issued by the Bank of Russia’s National Card Payment System (NSPK), citing technical … Read more
Several countries have suspended the use of the Mir payment system after the United States warned banks still accepting the card are possibly supporting Russia’s sanction evasion. Banks in Vietnam … Read more
Swiss lawmaker and member of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Nicolas Walder, has called for the strengthening of sanctions and the disconnection of all Russian banks from the SWIFT payments … Read more
A Lebanese woman identified as Sali Hafez, accompanied by activists, robbed a bank with a toy gun in the capital city of Beirut on Wednesday, taking around $13,000 from her … Read more
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) urged wider use of digital currency and called for the improvement of the integration of the Digital Yuan (e-CNY) system into the traditional tools … Read more
Babylon Finance announced it was closing down after failing to recover from the Rari Hack and the crypto winter. “Despite our efforts, we haven’t been able to revert the negative … Read more
Chinese police arrested over 200 suspects linked to large-scale fraud, one of the country’s biggest banking scandals that prompted mass demonstrations. Police said they have arrested 234 suspects and have … Read more
A global watchdog claimed that despite a flurry of measures in recent years, Germany hasn’t done enough to combat money laundering. The Financial Action Task Force said in a report … Read more
The Taliban government in Afghanistan imposed a nationwide ban on the local cryptocurrency industry and closed at least 20 exchanges operating from western Herat province. The names of shuttered exchanges … Read more
Switzerland agreed to return back $131 million to Uzbekistan confiscated as part of a money-laundering investigation, involving the daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Uzbekistan Justice Minister Ruslanbek Davletov … Read more