The bankers' blacklist : unofficial market enforcement and the global fight against illicit financing
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The bankers' blacklist : unofficial market enforcement and the global fight against illicit financing
(Cornell studies in money)
Cornell University Press, 2021
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "In recent years, international regulation has caused big banks to cut thousands of cross-border relationships with overseas banks. Domestic banks in those countries cannot afford to be cut off from global financial markets and so become advocates for more regulation. A 39-member intergovernmental body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has enlisted cross-border banks to keep 'bad money' out of the financial system"--Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- Introduction: cross-border banking in a globalized era
- A primer on international financial standards on illicit financing
- A theory of unofficial market enforcement
- The FATF's fight against illicit financing
- How the noncomplier list drives FATF compliance
- Unofficial market enforcement against listed countries
- Fighting illicit financing in Southeast Asia
- Conclusion: the power and peril of markets as enforcers