Bank

March 27, 2020 | Yaya J. Fanusie |

Banks Are Most Likely Exposed to Crypto-Assets Unknowingly

U.S. financial regulators are watching closely to see how financial institutions’ exposure to the crypto-asset industry is affecting their bank anti-money laundering compliance. As the broader public...

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Brothers in Arms

The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis

August 29, 2019 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

From Latin America to West Africa, Hezbollah’s complex web of connections is fuelling its terrorist activity

Despite efforts to curtail the group, its fundraising apparatus continues to thrive, thanks to strong loyalty and family bonds.

June 19, 2019 | Eric B. Lorber |

Credibility Gap: China’s FATF Presidency

April 11, 2019 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Pompeo Needs to Confront Paraguay’s Hezbollah Problem

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headed to Paraguay this week to garner support for the Trump Administration’s policy of ma...

February 1, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Three German Organizations Finance Palestinian Group Employing Terrorists

Former senior official of terrorist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, now leads Al-Haq, Palestinian human rights NGO.

November 6, 2018 | Annie Fixler, Frank Cilluffo

Evolving Menace

Iran’s Use of Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

November 5, 2018 | Toby Dershowitz, Serena Frechter

FDD Resource Guide Documents Risks Facing German Companies that Do Business with Iran

New Guide Helps Banks, Companies, Compliance Managers, and Policymakers Assess Hazards

October 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank holds account for soon-to-be-sanctioned Iran Air

Iran Air has been accused of aiding Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his war against Syrian opposition groups.

October 10, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz |

SWIFT Sanctions: Frequently Asked Questions

September 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution

The parliament of Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as ...

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Prominent German Jews want JNF to close account with BDS-enabling bank

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund has been swept up in a widening antisemitism scandal because it won’t immediately close its account with the Bank for Social Economy that enabl...

August 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank Accused of Opposing Israel’s Existence

A German Green Party politician and religious studies academic slammed the Bank for Social Economy on Monday for failing to match its rhetoric with action regarding Israel’s right to exist....

August 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank’s Anti-Semitism Leads United Israel Appeal to Shut Account

The German branch of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal – the prominent Israeli public fund-raising global organization to advance the security of the Jewish state – has closed it...

August 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Top German Social Democrat Urges Bank to End Israel Boycott Support

Michaela Engelmeier, a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, demanded that the Bank for Social Economy stop providing accounts to groups that support the Boycot...

August 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Tuesday that he will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival because it has n...

July 26, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Jewish National fund slated to end business with German bank enabling BDS

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund told The Jerusalem Post that it will close its account with the Bank for Social Economy if the financial institution refuses to en...

July 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Senators urge German bank to stop enabling antisemitic BDS campaign

Two powerful US Republican senators, both of whom ran significant campaigns for the presidency of America in 2016, weighed in on Thursday against a German bank for aiding the Boycott, Divestment...

June 19, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Bank Enabling BDS may Violate its Ethical Code of Conduct

The pro-Israel group Action Forum Israel (Aktionsforum Israel) in Germany has released an eye-popping report on its website, questioning whether the Bank for Social Economy violated its internal...

June 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. and U.K. Bands Boycott Berlin Event Due to Israeli Embassy Donation

US singer John Maus announced his withdrawal from the Berlin Pop-Kultur music festival due to pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. He is the fourth musical act t...