Until mid-May, bullion dealers could place gold import orders with a designated bank by paying a margin upfront and the rest on delivery, but a new rule stipulates they pay the entire amount before importing.

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Ideas for new measures abound at America's Treasury Department, which realised the strength of financial sanctions in 2005, when it designated a Macau-based bank, Banco Delta Asia, as a money-laundering concern because of its banking services to dodgy North Korean individuals and firms and later cut it off from any dealing with American banks.

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Bank of America has designated 2, 450 branches as Hispanic (which it defines as having a 10% or more Hispanic population within a 3-mile radius of the branch), while Citibank has more than 300 (it uses a 25% threshold).

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And designated community banks, such as First Bank of the Americas in the heart of Chicago's Hispanic district, are supported by the Treasury when they offer low-cost services, such as basic loans, aimed at previously unserved populations.

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The government has designated Tuesday, 5 June, an additional bank holiday and moved the late May holiday to 4 June to enable a four-day weekend of events.

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Structural solutions outlined include that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) was designated as a more permanent solution and it will most likely be turned into a bank as I suggested in a Eurozone Crisis Solutions.

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China also may soon allow QFII license holders to open new yuan-denominated onshore bank accounts, in addition to their sole existing accounts under the QFII program, that are designated for investment in China's nascent stock index futures market, the people said.

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