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3 March 2017
Uhuru signs AML bill to law
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29 January 2017
Deutsche Bank cuts off NKB
31 January 2017
Pan-African bitcoin start up
21 February 2017
S/Sudan traces millions to Kenya
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20 February 2017
Alleged Corruption at Stanchart
28 February 2017
FICA bill pass in South Africa
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Correspondent banking is an arrangement between two banks where one bank (the correspondent bank) provides services to another bank (the respondent bank) permitting access to products and services in foreign markets. For example, if Bank123 wants its clients to be able to pay a shipping company in New York, then Bank123 must have a correspondent bank in the United States to facilitate such payment. Essentially, a correspondent banking relationship allows a bank to do business in a country where it has no presence. Correspondent banking is an essential component of the global financial system because it allows money to be moved around the world through the banking system. However, African banks stand a greater risk of being eliminated from this international arrangement through a process called de-risking. De-risking is the practice where a correspondent bank (e.g. in Europe or the U.S.) cuts ties with a respondent bank (e.g. in Africa) due to perceived money laundering or terrorist financing risk. A notable example of this occurred in 2013 when Barclays Bank in the U.K. decided to cut ties with Dahabshiil in Somalia. This decision by Barclays compelled the Merchant Bank of California, the only U.S. bank with a correspondent banking relationship in Somalia at the time, to also cut ties with the country. Banks in the U.S. and the U.K. sought de-risking in Somalia in the face of mounting pressure from their regulators who were concerned about terrorist financing in the country. This automatically sealed Somalia off from accessing global correspondent banking relationships in the U.S. and U.K. Since then, de-risking by global banks has spread across Africa reaching virtually every country.
25 January 2017
US to help Angola National Bank
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