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A CHAPS payment is as good as cash – it is official

Jeremy Gordon sets out the implications of a recent landmark decision in a case of “great importance” in relation to Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS) electronic money transfers and money laundering, heard in the Commercial Court.

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