U.S. bank JP Morgan said on Thursday it would process a payment from Russia’s embassy in Kazakhstan to Russian insurance agency Sogaz after blocking it earlier this week over Ukraine-related U.S. sanctions.
“Following consultation with our regulators, we are processing this transaction,” the bank said in a statement.
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