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11 March 2024

AML: Monzo bank in money laundering rules investigation

Digital bank Monzo is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over potential breaches of financial crime regulations, the bank has disclosed. The financial watchdog sent letters

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11 March 2024

GIBRALTAR: Gibraltar launches financial services license for blockchain

Gibraltar’s financial services watchdog will introduce the world’s first bespoke license for “fintech” firms using blockchain distributed ledger technology from next month in

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11 March 2024

ST KITTS & NEVIS: St. Kitts And Nevis Achieves Remarkable Economic Turnaround With Surplus In 2023

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis will see a significant economic milestone, marking a year of robust economic growth and fiscal surplus in 2023. This achievement reflects the nation’s strong

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11 March 2024

UK: Treasury disbanded non-dom tax policy unit weeks before budget, sources say

The Treasury disbanded a unit tasked with offshore and non-dom tax policy weeks before announcing significant changes in the budget to the way foreign residents are taxed, sources have said. The unit,

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11 March 2024

BRAZIL: Brazil’s anger over EU carbon tax infiltrates COP28

A green trade row is spilling into the COP talks in Dubai, and Brazil has China’s support. Brazil has taken its green trade row with the European Union to this year’s global climate summit. The

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11 March 2024

FAMILY OFFICES: Family offices have tripled since 2019, creating a new gold rush on Wall Street

The number of family offices in the world has tripled since 2019, setting off a new race among private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms to attract their investments. According to

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11 March 2024

AFRICA: South Africa struggles to get off the FATF grey list

How is it that Africa’s most sophisticated, if not always largest, economy is still battling to get off the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list because of its failures to combat money

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11 March 2024

US: Biden vows to raise taxes on wealthy, corporations

U.S. President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and large companies, announcing plans in his State of the Union address to hike corporate minimum taxes and cut deductions

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11 March 2024

UAE: What’s behind Dubai’s new 20% tax on foreign banks?

UAE’s Vice President and ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced a new tax on foreign banks in the emirate on Thursday, representing another change to the country’s tax landscape.

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11 March 2024

EU: EU nations fast-track crypto law ahead of MiCA deadline

The crypto sector within the 27-nation European Union bloc is undergoing significant changes as countries prepare for the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The recent

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