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EU must fully implement global banking rules, top EU bank regulators say

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Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) Andrea Enria and Vice President of the ECB Luis de Guindos Friday criticized proposed EU banking regulations in a joint publication. It is responsible for creating standards on international banking cooperation and supervision.

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Afghanistan dispatches: major Afghan bank faces failure as banking system wobbles under Taliban

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Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul comments on reports of a pending bank failure that would be the first since the Taliban took power in August. One of my sources at the central bank says that this should have happened last week. Therefore, these banks failed to do the requested deposits in the country.

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China authorities announce corruption charges against former chair of banking giant Everbright Group

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Tang Shuangning, the former Chairperson of state-owned Chinese banking behemoth Everbright Group, was arrested on charges of embezzlement, accepting bribes and “ privately reading publications with serious political problems, ” China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on Monday.

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Afghanistan dispatch: the Taliban want to replace the conventional banking system with Islamic banking

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Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on recent changes to laws affecting the banking and financial sector of Afghanistan. The Taliban-led Central Bank of Afghanistan has established a committee to review and amend the Central Bank Law and the Banking Law of Afghanistan.

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3 Ways to Protect Your Clients’ Personal Information

It is clear that banks, credit unions and lenders face increased risk of a cyberattack as this rising threat becomes the new norm. Cyberattacks are 300 times more likely to hit financial institutions than businesses in any other industry, and these targeted attacks are on the rise.

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Former chairman of prominent China bank indicted for bribery and embezzlement

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The former chairman of China Everbright Group, Tang Shuangning, who used to serve as a senior official at the People’s Bank of China and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, is under indictment Friday on bribery and embezzlement charges. The former chairman of the Bank of China, Liu Liange, was indicted on similar charges.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘neither the central bank nor any other bank for that matter can properly conduct banking activities’

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Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul comments on the country’s banking crisis, currently complicated by international restrictions and sanctions. The Taliban-led central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, recently declared that the country’s banking sector will resume normal operations soon.