‘Standard Chartered Bank’s New York business has been fined $300 million and ordered to suspend US dollar clearing services to retail clients of the bank in Hong Kong, following an investigation by the New York State Department which determined its transaction monitoring system does not meet anti-money laundering requirements agreed in 2012.
In 2012, Standard Chartered was accused of breaching US sanctions against Iran by processing transactions to the country. Although a settlement resolved these issues at the time, Standard Chartered is now being accused of breaching that settlement, which required the bank to improve its AML processes.’
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