Beyond Banks

Regulation regarding trade-based money laundering ( TBML ) has focused mainly on documentary trade financing arrangements, which are bank intermediated. Yet, African countries predominantly employ alternative forms of trade financing models that span beyond banks’ usual purview. These alternative models are supported by many actors across the supply chain that are not holistically supervised given the fragmented regulatory framework at the global and domestic levels. In contending that TBML significantly undermines intra-African trade and therefore amounts to a non-tariff barrier ( NTB ) to trade, this article challenges the need for globally transplanted solutions to address TBML . Rather, it argues for the introduction of new approach: a country focused experimental legislation that facilitates inter-agency collaboration beyond banks. This approach would ensure a homegrown, responsive, and legitimate framework that encompasses currently un-supervised actors. It contends that if the experimental legislation works at a country level, it may then be cascaded to the African Union level for contextual adaptability across other African countries

Adaptability · Business · Economics · European union · International economics · International trade · Legislation · Money Laundering · Political science · Sociology · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Private Equity and Venture Capital · Finance

• Managing Legitimacy

  Mark C Suchman•Academy of Management Review•1995

  Add to list

• The Legitimacy of International Governance

  Open Access•Daniel Bodansky•American Journal of International…•1999

  Add to list