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AmericasOctober 1 2019

Latam and Caribbean banks work to relieve pain of de-risking

De-risking – which involves the cancellation of correspondent relationships by large international banks – has slowed on a global level. However, the threat remains in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Lucien Chauvin reports.
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Luigi Wewege is breathing a little easier today after a major scare at his bank earlier this year. 

Mr Wewege, senior vice-president at Belize’s Caye International Bank, watched as one by one, the bank’s correspondent banking relationships disappeared as its partners cut ties. UK-based Crown Agents Bank ended its correspondent relationship in November 2018, for example, while Moneycorp, a UK foreign exchange company, did the same in January 2019. 

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