Articles by Carrick Mollenkamp and Nate Raymond

Big Banks Win Dismissal of Most LIBOR Rate Rigging Claims

The world’s biggest banks won a major victory on Friday when a U.S. judge dismissed a “substantial portion” of the claims in private lawsuits accusing them of rigging global benchmark interest rates. The 16 banks had faced claims totaling billions …

HSBC to Pay Record $1.9 Billion U.S. Fine to Settle Money Laundering Case

HSBC Holdings Plc has agreed to pay $1.92 billion to settle a multi-year U.S. criminal probe into money-laundering lapses at the British lender, the largest penalty ever paid by a bank. HSBC admitted to a breakdown of controls and apologized …

Standard Chartered Reaches $340 Million Settlement in New York over Iran

Standard Chartered Plc agreed to pay $340 million to New York’s bank regulator over transactions linked to Iran, in a speedily arranged deal that helped push up the emerging market-focused lender’s shares. The deal with New York Superintendent of Financial …

U.S. Regulators Angered By N.Y. Action Against StanChart

The U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve were blindsided and angered by New York’s banking regulator’s decision to launch an explosive attack on Standard Chartered Plc over $250 billion in alleged money laundering transactions tied to Iran, sources familiar with …

UK Bank May Have Hidden $250 Billion in Iran Deals; May Lose U.S. License

New York’s top bank regulator threatened to strip Standard Chartered Plc of its state banking license, saying the British bank was a “rogue institution” that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran, in violation of U.S. law. The New …

Taxpayers See Gain As New York Fed Sells Last of AIG Bailout Bonds

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday sold the remaining portion of mortgage-backed securities acquired in the 2008 rescue of American International Group Inc. The sale to a unit of Credit Suisse Group AG means the U.S. government …