Bloomberg Talk to bankers in Miami who manage the fortunes of Latin Americans and they’ll tell you how hard they’re working to improve compliance with “know-your-customer” rules in the wake of corruption, tax-evasion and money-laundering scandals. The effort required to vet wealthy individuals from outside the US can be so intensive that banks are increasing minimum investment amounts for prospective ...

Bloomberg Thailand, land of golden temples, white-sand beaches, smiling hosts. Or of overcrowded airports, epic traffic jams and littered seashores. Facing a deluge of Chinese tourists that has strained its airports beyond capacity, the Southeast Asian nation is spending billions to upgrade its infrastructure, open up new islands and cities to travellers, and tone down its image of cheap shopping ...

Bloomberg Ikea is the latest company ensnared in the European Union’s sprawling tax probes as regulators look at whether the retailer’s revenue deals in the Netherlands allowed it to avoid hundreds of millions of euros of taxes. The tax breaks may have given Inter Ikea Group, which operated the Swedish furniture maker’s franchise business, an unfair advantage over rivals, the ...