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31 January 2025

ESG: Never Mind the Politics.. Green Bonds to Hit US$1tn in 2025

Despite a global political momentum shift and growing scrutiny of green finance, Moody’s Ratings says sustainable bonds will again hit US$1tn this yearGlobal green finance has appeared to be on

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31 January 2025

US: Trump escalates EU-US tax wars

he United States and Europe have long disagreed over tax rules affecting trade and investment. Battles between the 1960s and 1990s centered on the taxation of merchandise exports. Between the 2010s

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31 January 2025

LUXEMBOURG: EU aims to rule on Amazon’s Luxembourg tax deal by July

EU state aid regulators aim to rule on Amazon’s tax deal with Luxembourg by July, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, and it may order the country’s tax authorities to

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31 January 2025

EU: EU states set to scrap digital tax plan, to work for global reform

European Union finance ministers are set to ditch a plan to introduce an EU-wide digital tax next week but agree to work on a global reform of the taxation of internet companies, an EU document shows.

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31 January 2025

SPAIN: Spanish Prime Minister Proposes 100% Tax For Non-EU Buyers

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has proposed taxes of up to 100% for non-resident non-EU purchasers of property in Spain, as one of several measures intended to address the housing crisis. Sánchez

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31 January 2025

NETHERLANDS: Fine for de Volksbank N.V. for deficient anti-money laundering controls

Summary of the decisionBanks play a crucial role in the fight against subversive crime because of their unique access to financial information and transaction flows. This is precisely why it is essential

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31 January 2025

FRANCE: French investigators open fraud probe against crypto platform Binance

French investigators said on Tuesday they had opened a judicial probe into money laundering, tax fraud and other charges at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which said it

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31 January 2025

US: Corporate Transparency Act Enforcement Remains Paused Amid Ongoing Legal Challenges

Though the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide injunction against the CTA on January 23, 2025 (McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop Inc.), a separate injunction issued by Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the U.S.

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31 January 2025

US: Trump Media Unveils $250M Fintech Venture Truth.Fi, Eyes Crypto and DeFi

TMTG will allocate $250 million into investments, Bitcoin, crypto, and crypto-related securities as part of the Truth.Fi rollout.It will offer traditional investment options as well as DeFi, crypto,

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31 January 2025

US: U.S. Treasury withdraws from global financial climate coalition

The U.S. Treasury on Thursday announced its withdrawal from the network of central banks and regulators focused on creating a global financial system to withstand climate change, as the Trump administration

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