Bloomberg The US said banks in the Democratic Republic of Congo must increase their efforts to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism. US authorities recommended the lenders “put in place rigorous control and monitoring of the accounts of politically exposed people,” according to a statement issued by the Association of Congolese Banks . The association met officials from the ...

Bloomberg Trade tensions and uncertainty surrounding Brexit are raising economic risks for the euro region that may require central bank action, according to Societe Generale SA Chairman Lorenzo Bini Smaghi. “At some point the slowdown may reach bottom, and we want to have the monetary instruments in place to avoid that this becomes a recession,” he said in a Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co is offering $100 million to support the families of victims and others affected by two crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, which killed 346 people and have led to scores of lawsuits. The money will go towards “education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programmes and economic development in impacted communities,” Boeing said in a ...