Finance

Rich countries’ anti-money laundering rules are “causing a great deal of hardship” by making it very costly for migrants to send money home. So testified Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen before lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee in Washington this week. It’...

It’s a worry for many people that legitimate cross-border transactions - including vital remittances sent home by migrant workers - are becoming prohibitively expensive and burdensome because of over-zealous enforcement of anti-money laundering rules.  Would cryptocurrencies such as bitco...

“It’s nice to have a list,” CGD senior associate Scott Morris told me about the shortlist of eight candidates for the Presidency of the African Development Bank.