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Cases · Capital & assets · Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury
Urgent Release an international payment the bank has frozen
WONE Global puts a banking and financial-integrity professional on it straight away.
Countries in the typical case United Arab Emirates · Türkiye
The situation
A bank has stopped an incoming or outgoing international payment for compliance review, and nobody will say when it will be released.
What is at stake
Every day the money is held, a supplier waits, a shipment stalls or payroll is at risk, and a vague or wrong reply can lead the bank to return the funds or close the account.
Who faces this
A scenario
Trading companyMid-sized company · from United Arab Emirates · in Turkey
Its USD 600,000 payment to a Turkish supplier has been held by a correspondent bank for three weeks. The shipment is waiting and the bank will not say why.
Where it ends Payment released or returned, and a route that avoids a repeat.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Payment held for compliance review by the bank”“Correspondent bank is holding our transfer”“Bank is asking for documents before releasing our money”“Our international supplier payment has been held”“Our payment service provider has suspended settlements”“Our bank is questioning the source of incoming investment funds”“A nonprofit's international transfers have been blocked”“A charity's bank has suspended an international transfer”
The solution
WONE Global puts a banking and financial-integrity professional on it straight away. They read the bank's request, find out which bank in the chain is holding the payment and why, assemble the evidence that bank expects, and respond through the right channel. If the hold involves sanctions or a dispute, the right counsel joins the same day.
Usually led by Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance, with Banking and capital, Payments and currency and Contracts and commercial law.
Step by step, in the scenario
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
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Outcomes
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Services
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
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