FINMA rules that HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) violated money laundering regulations in connection with two unnamed politically exposed people.
HSBC (LON: HSBA) share price has been in the spotlight this week after a Swiss regulator ruled that its private bank violated money laundering rules. It then imposed some penalties, including an order to carry out AML reviews on its high-risk clients.
Swiss financial market supervisory authority FINMA has ruled that HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA violated money laundering regulations. This ruling followed enforcement proceedings opened by FINMA in December 2021 and focused on the financial institution's banking relationships with two unnamed politically exposed persons, FINMA said in a Tuesday (June 18) press release.
The Swiss banking arm of HSBC "seriously violated financial market law" and has been temporarily banned from doing business with "politically exposed persons" after breaching money laundering prevention rules. The Swiss financial regulator, Finma, said HSBC Private Bank failed to carry out adequate checks concerning two "high-risk business relationships" with politically linked individuals, failing to properly check either the origins, purpose or background of the assets involved.
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