Japanese banks are rushing to collect information to assess the degree of impact from possible international sanctions on Russia on outstanding loans they have in the country.
Restricting transactions with Russian banks, including expelling them from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, is emerging as an option that major economies may take if Russia invades Ukraine. Banks in Japan are increasingly concerned about such a move, which is bound to affect them.
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