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25 March 2025

US: ‘Blatantly Pro-Corruption’: Trump Guts Anti-Money Laundering Rule

The Trump administration has gutted a key anti-corruption tool meant to combat illicit finance through opaque shell companies. The rollback protects donors who use shell companies to conceal their identities

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25 March 2025

US: Updated Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules: All U.S. Companies Are Exempt; Only Foreign Companies Must Report

On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (“FinCEN”) narrowed the scope of the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) filing requirement under

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25 March 2025

VANUATU: Vanuatu to draft new passport regulations

Vanuatu’s government has announced a suspension of new applications for its Citizenship For Investment Program. Commonly known as Vanuatu’s Golden Passport, the scheme offers, citizenship

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25 March 2025

EU: EU Commission unveils plan to channel €10 trillion of citizens’ savings into strategic investments

The European Commission unveiled on Monday a plan to better channel up to €10 trillion in bank deposits across the bloc into much-needed strategic investments. “Currently, too few European citizens

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25 March 2025

SOUTH KOREA: South Korea Sees 52.6% Surge in Crypto Investors, With Older Generations Leading the Charge

A new study on South Korea reveals a significant surge in domestic cryptocurrency ownership, with over 9.6 million investors by the end of last year. Older South Koreans Increasingly Keen on CryptoA

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25 March 2025

EU: EU Platform on Sustainable Finance Proposes New Standard to Help SMEs Access Financing for Sustainability Efforts

The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF), an expert group mandated by the European Commission to advise it on the development of sustainable finance policies, announced the publication of a new report,

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25 March 2025

BARBADOS: Barbados Calls Out Broken Climate Finance System

Patrick McCaskie, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment, says the current global system is failing to solve the climate and development crisis. This failure is hurting

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25 March 2025

HONG KONG: Financial Secretary Emphasizes Urgency of Climate Action at Hong Kong Climate Forum 2025

Following is the speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, at the 2025 Hong Kong Climate Forum today (March 25): Professor Gong Peng (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development)

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25 March 2025

US: Trump administration selling 1,000 ‘Gold Card’ visas daily

The US is selling 1,000 “Gold Card’ visas daily under a controversial program introduced by President Donald Trump, which offers a direct path to citizenship for individuals willing to invest

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25 March 2025

CRYPTO: IMF now officially tracks Bitcoin in cross-border finance — just weeks after warning El Salvador to scale back

IMF wakes up to cryptoOn Mar. 20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published the seventh edition of its Balance of Payments Manual (BPM7), marking the first time cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have

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