Monday, 6 August 2012

FT Alphaville » StanChart, Iran, and a Swift allegation

Standard Chartered’s New York branch operated a “front for prohibited dealings with Iran – dealings that indisputably helped sustain a global threat to peace and stability,” the US state’s department of financial services alleged on Monday.
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It also said that “grounds exist” to revoke the UK bank’s license to operate in New York state. Note that this case hasn’t been brought by federal authorities."



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