AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoFinancial Crime: Malaysia has launched a multi-agency investigation into financial crime, with findings to go to Cabinet before publication. In the US, Wisconsin joined a lawsuit challenging a rule that exempts nearly all businesses from reporting their owners, a requirement used to trace illicit funds. Banking: Kuwait’s Burgan Bank reported growth in core income and lending, and strengthened its capital with an oversubscribed KD50 million rights issue. Investment: Wealthsimple raised $302 million at a $9.8 billion valuation to expand its digital finance platform. Separately, major banks arranged $63 billion in financing for Anthropic’s AI infrastructure, deepening financial-sector exposure to the AI boom. Business Lending: Ghana Bauxite secured a $250 million Ecobank facility to upgrade operations and prepare for a planned refinery. Fraud Prevention: Nigeria’s central bank urged banks, telecoms and law enforcement to share intelligence faster, as digital payment fraud losses fell to N25.85 billion in 2025 from N52.6 billion the year before.
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