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How Can Financial Firms Benefit From Global Sanction List Screening?
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How Can Financial Firms Benefit From Global Sanction List Screening?

What are sanctions? What is global sanctions list screening? How come complying to Anti-Money Laundering regulatory compliance benefits the firms too? Why are financial firms mandated to comply with Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance? In this blog, we will try to explore and learn to answer these questions.  Why Are Sanctions Used As Foreign Policy Instrument Today? In the twenty-first century, combat strategy has shifted to arenas that were once thought unimaginable. Countries today do not declare conventional wars against one another. The economic and cyber arenas are now the new battlegrounds. Given the ever-changing geopolitical landscape, countries are now using sanctions as a strategic foreign policy tool to influence the behavior of target entities.&nbs...