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The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, SVB, was mainly due to its lack of liquidity, meaning it ran out of available funds. But behind this, there were other actions and decisions that the bank took at the time that …

Three times a year, the Financial Action Task Force, FATF, presents two lists in which it includes those jurisdictions that have deficiencies in their systems for the prevention of money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons …

More than six years have passed since Interbolsa's millionaire disaster. Bad financial practices and the authorities' lack of rigor led the brokerage firm to bankruptcy, which left a lot of distrust in the market. In November 2012, the Colombian government …

The millions of dollars laundered in the Latin American region are disguised as homes, hotels, cars, warehouses, casinos, bars and other businesses to launder dollars in banks and go unnoticed by the authorities. Criminals, especially those who profit from drug …

One of the biggest financial scandals in history is the case of energy giant Enron Corporation, which ranked seventh on the list of America's largest and most profitable companies in 2000. The U.S. company had assets estimated at USD 63,000 …

Before spending time to seek techniques that assess and mitigate risk, it is important for the analyst to know what financial risk is and what its practical manifestations are. Financial risk can be understood as the probability of having a …