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Serious deficiency in checking terror financing, failed to fulfil 3 tasks: FATF retains Pakistan in Grey List Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 23:59 IST Financial Action Task Force said "Pakistan should demonstrate effective implementation of targeted financial sanctions against all 1267 and 1373 designated terrorists". Financial Action Task Force keeps Pakistan on Grey List&nbsp Islamabad: Terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Thursday announced its dec...

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Last Updated: 17th February, 2021 18:02 IST Pakistan Likely To Remain On FATFs grey List Until June, Plenary Meetings From Feb 21 Pakistan is unlikely to exit the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) ‘grey list’ until June, despite the country trying to seek backing from member nations. Pakistan is unlikely to exit the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) ‘grey list’ until June, despite the country trying to seek backing from the member nations before the plenary meetin...

Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The global anti-money laundering market size is expected to reach USD 3.19 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is projected to register a CAGR of 15.6% from 2021 to 2028. The growth can be attributed to the growing volume of non-cash transactions, coupled with a rise in technological developments in the fintech sector. In recent years, banks have increased their IT expenditure toward the ad...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Registrar of Companies (RoC) is imposing penalties and issuing warning letters to companies that fail to submit accurate information on their ultimate beneficiaries (their beneficial owners). As of 1 February 2021, the RoC had levied 19 administrative fines – at a rate of $5,000 per fine – against companies for noncompliance with beneficial ownership (BO) requirements. Head of Complia...

Upbeat MSCI, FATF prospects likely to keep index positive Business February 7, 2021 The capital market during the outgoing week showed positive performance on higher exports numbers and arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, with expectations that the Finance Action Task Force (FATF) and review of MSCI would keep the bull run going in the coming sessions too, dealers said. Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 shares index remained positive at a 3.5 year high. It went up 1.12 percent or 520 ...

Remove Pakistan flag from PoK; Protesters expose PAK hypocrisy With the announcement by global terror financing watchdog FATF nearing and Pakistans desperation to get cheap COVID-19 vaccines growing, the Islamic nation on Friday said that it was willing to go "an extra mile" to "resolve the Kashmir issue".  While Pakistan observed Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 as part of its anti-India rhetoric, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged India to engage with it on the Kashmir issue wherei...

Pakistan, US slug it out over Omar Sheikh acquittal ​ Thu, Feb 4 2021 14:42 IST | ​ 0 Views   Pakistan and the United States slug it out over Omar Sheikh acquittal.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 4 : Pakistan is scrambling to manage the fallout from its Supreme Courts ruling to free the Pakistani-origin, British national, accused in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl and then shift him to a government rest house. But reacting to this move, 36 members of the U...

The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America, and the Pandemic Has Raised the Stakes Time 2/4/2021 Ciara Nugent/London © Carlos Jasso—Reuters China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan with Panama’s then President Juan Carlos Varela and First Lady Lorena Castillo in December 2018 When Alex Almeida surveys his family farm in a rural corner of landlocked Paraguay, he sees mainly fields, punctuated by small houses with sheet-metal roofs and...

Share Banks can help stop wildlife trade Thu, 4 February 2021 Despite being the fourth most lucrative trade globally, illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is often overshadowed by more prominent criminal ventures, such as drug trafficking and arms dealing. It is estimated that $26 billion is made yearly at the cost of our natural environment, fuelling corruption, and damaging the reputation and economies of the affected countries. Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering watchd...