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“Global Sanctions Screening: London’s Regtech GSS Secures $47M Funding for Banks”

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Global Screening Services (GSS), a London-based regulatory compliance platform that helps financial institutions meet their global sanctions obligations, has raised $47 million in a round of funding. The raise comes amid a spike in economic sanctions, with the U.S. issuing trade-restrictions and asset-blocking against states including Russia, China, Iran and more. The company actually raised a similar amount of funding last year from big-name backers including Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s largest banks. Banks often find themselves at the forefront of sanctions enforcement, given their role in controlling the flow of money around the globe. GSS sells a sanctions-screening platform to help banks and other financial institutions comply with regulations.