Some of world's biggest banks are in discussions with regulators urging them to relax privacy laws to allow increased sharing of client data. This follows fears about the impact of "financial abandonment" as banks withdraw from riskier emerging markets. In particular, US dollar clearing banks have been severing ties with lenders in developing nations in light of regulators cracking down on sanctions breaches, money laundering and terrorism financing.
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