OFAC fines Payoneer $1.4M for sanctions violations
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-07-26T20:09:00
Money transfer services company Payoneer will pay $1.4 million to resolve 2,260 apparent violations of U.S. sanctions in a settlement with the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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