The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has informed the public that it has fined Canara Bank £896,100 and has imposed a restriction, preventing it from accepting deposits from new customers for 147 days. Financial services firms are required to maintain robust anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls, since they are at risk from those seeking to…
Read moreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that New York-based investment adviser deVere USA, Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million civil penalty related to its failure to disclose conflicts of interest to its retail clients. The settlement will result in the establishment of a Fair Fund for distribution of the penalty…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has issued an Order today filing and settling charges against French banking giant Societe Generale SA (EPA:GLE) for attempted manipulation of and false reporting in connection with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for U.S. Dollar, Yen and Euro, and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has informed that it has reprimanded and fined Hang Seng Investment Management Limited (HSIM) $3 million for its failure to comply with regulatory requirements on cash management involving SFC-authorized funds. The SFC’s disciplinary action followed an independent review jointly agreed by the SFC and HSIM. The review…
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against X-Change Financial Access LLC (XFA) of Chicago, Illinois, for failure to diligently supervise its employees’ handling of its customer accounts and failure to preserve complete records. At the time of the conduct charged, XFA was registered with the CFTC as…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has publicly reprimanded and fined Noah Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited (Noah HK) HK$5 million over Noah HK’s internal system and control failures in its sale and distribution of investment products. In particular, Noah HK had failed to comply with various regulatory requirements on know-your-client,…
Read moreThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC (ICBCFS) $5.3 million for systemic anti-money laundering (AML) compliance failures, including its failure to have a reasonable AML program in place to monitor and detect suspicious transactions, as well as other violations, including financial,…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has reprimanded and fined Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited (Citi) $57 million after resolving concerns with Citi over its discharge of duties as a sponsor in relation to the listing application of Real Gold Mining Limited (Real Gold). An SFC investigation revealed that Citi…
Read moreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that the entity formerly known as Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges that it misled investors by failing to disclose one of the world’s largest data breaches in which hackers stole personal data relating to hundreds of millions of…
Read moreThe Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has reprimanded CN Capital Management Limited (CN Capital) and fined it $1,000,000 for failing to maintain an effective compliance function and satisfactory internal controls concerning employee account dealing. The SFC has also reprimanded its responsible officers, Mr George Chan Yee Lee and Mr Stephen…
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