Banking and Financial Institutions – War Watch

Banking and Financial Institutions | Bessent, Scott | China | Embargoes and Sanctions | International Relations | International Trade and World Market | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline | Treasury Department | Trump, Donald J | United States | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Treasury Issues More Sanctions on Iranian Oil Exports
ByAlan Rappeport April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

The measures aim to crack down on Iran’s shadow banking system and Chinese purchases of Iranian oil.

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Federal Reserve System | Georgieva, Kristalina Ivanova | International Monetary Fund | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East | United States Politics and Government | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) | World Bank

I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower
ByAlan Rappeport April 9, 2026April 10, 2026

Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said the war in the Middle East could lead to another bout of inflation and higher interest rates.

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Economic Conditions and Trends | Inflation (Economics) | Interest rates | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) | Regulation and Deregulation of Industry | United States Economy

Fed Minutes Show Officials in No Rush to Cut as Iran War Scrambled Outlook
ByColby Smith April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

The conflict in the Middle East has left the Federal Reserve braced for higher inflation, with more officials open to the possibility of rate increases.

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Consumer Behavior | Inflation (Economics) | Interest rates | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) | Recession and Depression | Regulation and Deregulation of Industry | United States Economy | United States Politics and Government | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It
ByColby Smith and Ben Casselman March 27, 2026March 27, 2026

The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue.

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Citigroup Inc | Evacuations and Evacuees | HSBC Holdings PLC. | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Standard Chartered Bank PLC | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Banks in Gulf Evacuate Their Offices
ByRob Copeland and Eshe Nelson March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

After an overnight attack on a bank, Iranian officials signaled a new willingness to target economic centers and banks with ties to the United States.

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Banking and Financial Institutions | Binance | Computers and the Internet | Embargoes and Sanctions | internal-open-access-from-nl | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Money Laundering | Terrorism | United States International Relations | United States Politics and Government | Virtual Currency | Zhao, Changpeng

Binance Employees Find $1.7 Billion in Crypto Was Sent to Iranian Entities
ByDavid Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Binance pledged to crack down on crime. But internal investigators at the world’s largest crypto exchange continued to find evidence of potential legal violations on the platform.

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Accidents and Safety | Banking and Financial Institutions | Cairo (Egypt) | Computers and the Internet | Egypt | Fires and Firefighters | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Telephones and Telecommunications

Cairo Telecommunications Building Hit With 2nd Fire in a Week
ByAndrés R. Martínez and Rania Khaled July 11, 2025

A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

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Accidents and Safety | Banking and Financial Institutions | Cairo (Egypt) | Computers and the Internet | Egypt | Fires and Firefighters | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Telephones and Telecommunications

Cairo Telecommunications Building Hit With 2nd Fire in a Week
ByAndrés R. Martínez and Rania Khaled July 11, 2025

A blaze on Thursday at one of Egypt’s main telecommunications hubs was extinguished, days after a larger fire there killed four people and disrupted internet, transport and banking services.

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Assad, Bashar al- | Banking and Financial Institutions | Embargoes and Sanctions | Foreign Investments | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East | SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) | Syria

Bank Transfer Signals Syria Is Making Strides in Ending Economic Isolation
ByNeil MacFarquhar and Reham Mourshed June 19, 2025June 19, 2025

The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was reintegrating into the global financial community.

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