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UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money

City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act The government is asking bankers and lawyers to provide feelgood stories about how they blocked dirty money from entering the UK, as ministers try to prove the UK’s money-laundering controls are working. The Treasury’s call for evidence is meant to illustrate that the UK has upped its game…

UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money

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