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Biden Administration Suspends Some Sanctions on Yemen Rebels | Political News 0
- Politics
- January 26, 2021
By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday suspended some of the terrorism sanctions that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo imposed on Yemen’s Houthi rebels in his waning days in office. The Treasury Department said it would exempt certain transactions involving the Houthis from sanctions resulting from Pompeo’s
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U.S. State Department bans business with Cuban bank BFI 0
- Business
- January 24, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday added a Cuban commercial bank to its restricted list, saying it will prevent the Cuban military from benefiting from financial transactions. The State Department placed Banco Financiero International S.A. in the Cuba Restricted List starting in early January, calling it “a Cuban military-controlled commercial bank that
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U.S. State Department bans business with Cuban bank BFI 0
- Business
- January 24, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday added a Cuban commercial bank to its restricted list, saying it will prevent the Cuban military from benefiting from financial transactions. The State Department placed Banco Financiero International S.A. in the Cuba Restricted List starting in early January, calling it “a Cuban military-controlled commercial bank that
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U.S. State Department bans business with Cuban bank BFI 0
- Business
- January 23, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday added a Cuban commercial bank to its restricted list, saying it will prevent the Cuban military from benefiting from financial transactions. The State Department placed Banco Financiero International S.A. in the Cuba Restricted List starting in early January, calling it “a Cuban military-controlled commercial bank that
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U.S. State Department bans business with Cuban bank BFI 0
- Business
- January 5, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Friday added a Cuban commercial bank to its restricted list, saying it will prevent the Cuban military from benefiting from financial transactions. The State Department placed Banco Financiero International S.A. in the Cuba Restricted List starting in early January, calling it “a Cuban military-controlled commercial bank that
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French Bank to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Syria Sanctions Case 0
- Banks
- January 5, 2021
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed an $8.6 million fine on a French bank that officials said processed payments for blacklisted Syrian financial institutions. Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises SA, a Paris-based bank that facilitates trade finance between Europe and the Middle East, Africa and Asia, agreed to pay the fine to settle its potential
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