Treasury Adds Further Sanctions Targeting Houthi and Hizballah Trade Networks

WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned several companies, individuals, and vessels for their involvement in the shipment of Iranian commodities, including oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on behalf of the network of Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods

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Promotion of prevention of financial crimes such as voice phishing using delivery boxes

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과학기술정보통신부 우정사업본부(본부장 조해근),금융감독원(원장 이복현),전국상인연합회(회장 이충환),(주)한진(대표이사 노삼석) 등 민관이 협력하여 택배상자 및 스티커를 활용한 보이스피싱 등 민생금융범죄 예방에 나선다. 실생활과 밀접한 택배회사를 사칭한 스미싱*으로 인한 피해사례가 빈번하게 발생하고 있으며, 하반기에도 추석 선물배송을 위장한 스미싱 등 다양한 보이스피싱 범행 시도가 계속될 것으로 예상된다. * 스미싱(smishing): 악성 앱 주소가 포함된 휴대폰 문자(SMS)를 대량 전송 후 이용자가 악성앱을 설치하거나

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Establishing and providing five best practices of internal standards under the Personal Debtor Protection Act that financial companies must prepare by October 17

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?? 금융위, 금감원은 全 금융업권과 함께 「개인채무자보호법」 제정 후속조치의 일환으로 내부기준 모범사례를 마련 ?? 「개인채무자보호법」은 채권금융회사의 자율성을 제고하면서도 채무조정 등을 책임있게 운영하도록 5가지 주요 업무에 대한 내부기준을 마련하도록 규정 ? (채권양도) 임직원의 업무 수행시 준수사항, 양수인에 대한 평가사항, 양도 대상 채권의 기준, 채권양도 계약 내용 등 ? (채권추심) 전담조직,전담인력에 관한 사항, 임직원의 업무 수행시 준수사항

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FCA fines and bans Martin Sarl for dishonest and reckless conduct 

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The FCA has banned Martin Sarl from working in the financial services industry and fined him £5,021 for acting without honesty and integrity. Between 7 November 2017 and 24 October 2019, Mr Sarl, who was the sole director at Perry Prowse (Insurance Consultants) Ltd, failed to pass clients’ premiums to insurers, meaning that some customers

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FCA fines FXTB for unfair customer treatment practices 

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The FCA has fined Cypriot contract for differences (CFD) firm Forex TB Limited (FXTB) £276,100 for failing to treat its customers fairly, and for providing investment advice without being authorised to do so. CFDs are complex leveraged financial products used to speculate on the movement in prices on a wide range of assets. As a

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