Banks might lose licenses
A number of Russian banks fail to meet the Federal Financial Market Service’s requirements aimed at counteracting laundering proceeds from criminal activity as well as terrorist financing, Vedomosti reports. So the Service’s management intends to take strict measures against the non-compliers. ‘We often refuse to approve of banks’ internal rules and policies that do not meet the legal requirements. At the moment, we just ask the banks to adjust their rules, but if we still find problems, we’ll take action and might even cancel a bank’s license,’ Vedomosti quotes Head of the Federal Financial