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Report: 64 Percent Of Countries Have Money Laundering Risk

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The risk is scored using data points from sources that come from the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Financial Action Task Force. Tajikistan was followed by, in order, Mozambique, Afghanistan, Laos and Guinea Bissa. The Basel report notes that there is no country with a “zero” risk of such illegal activities.

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Barclays Kenya is Not for Sale

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The Barclays Africa Group is in 12 countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Seychelles, Zambia, Ghana, Mauritius, Mozambique and Absa in South Africa (Absa). Mergers, the world over rarely pay off for investors, and they would rather grow organically, wooing customers from other banks, instead of buying the customers through the banks.

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Yara and the Kenya Fertilizer Market

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History: Yara, the largest nitrogen fertilizer producing company in the world (33 million tons in 2014), and has been shipping to Africa since 1929. Production potential: Countries that have natural gas like Tanzania and Mozambique are natural places to produce fertilizer. they call their CAN fertilizer – Yara Bela Extra).

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Credit Suisse fined £350m over Mozambique ‘tuna bonds’ loan scandal

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Bank also pleads guilty to wire fraud and forgives hundred of millions of dollars of debt owed by country Credit Suisse has been fined nearly £350m by global regulators, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, and agreed to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars worth of debt owed by Mozambique in an attempt to draw a line under the long-running “tuna bonds” (..)

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Idea Exchange: Scholarships, Fellowships to Apply For

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The eighth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) U meeting takes place between March 6-8 2015, at the University of Miami, and will bring together more than 1,000 innovative student leaders to make Commitments to Action that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The deadline is 29 August.

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Western Union Broadens Cross-Border Real-Time Money Transfers

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Western Union’s digital services are available in the top 20 primary remittance-sending countries ranked by the World Bank. The company’s digital money transfer service represented the biggest growth segment of its business last year. In March, Western Union expanded to more than 75 countries.

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Western Union Opens Cross-Border Platform To Asia Affiliates

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“More global brands are turning to Western Union for cross-border money transfer solutions that provide their customers the ability to transfer money quickly and reliably to almost anywhere in the world,” Western Union’s CEO Hikmet Ersek said during his visit to Asia.

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