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Smaller Chinese banks at risk from US secondary sanctions on Russia, warn experts

Experts say secondary sanctions are specifically levelled at Chinese banks that are believed to be helping Russia evade sanctions
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Chinese and Indian banks could lose access to US dollar and correspondent banking services as secondary sanctions against Russia ramp up, experts warn.

“The risk is that they [Chinese and Indian banks] will lose access to G7 financial institutions and financial services, the dollar, and other assets held in in the US — but also broader G7 countries — could also be seized,” said Gonzalo Saiz, a research fellow at UK think-tank the Royal United Services Institute’s Centre for Finance and Security.

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Anita Hawser is the Europe editor at The Banker. For the past 20 years, Anita has worked as a freelance journalist for a range of banking, finance and tech titles covering topics such as cybersecurity, financial crime, cryptocurrencies, payments, trade and supply chain finance. Before joining The Banker, Anita was Europe editor at Global Finance.
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