Citigroup named in $6.9bn Kremlin forgery payment leak

Financial Times · 5 hours ago
  • A leak from inside fintech A7 reveals thousands of Russian payments, totaling $6.9bn, handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups.
  • The payments are tied to a Kremlin-backed forgery scheme, placing sanctions-screening and AML compliance at global banks in focus for investors holding bank exposure.

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FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7Financial Times

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