During this period of uncertainty, FinCEN is reminding U.S. financial institutions of their requirement to apply enhanced scrutiny for private banking accounts held by or on behalf of senior foreign political figures, and to monitor transactions that could potentially represent misappropriated or diverted state assets, proceeds of bribery or other illegal payments, or other public corruption proceeds.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The published figures for the breakdown of reserves by currency omit China, even though the country accounts for a fifth of foreign-exchange reserves.

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