HSBC Fined Almost £64M Over Money Laundering Failures

HSBC Fined Almost £64M Over Money Laundering Failures
A pedestrian walks past a branch of a HSBC bank in central London on Aug. 3, 2020. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images
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The UK’s financial watchdog has hit banking giant HSBC with a £63.9 million fine for failings in its anti-money laundering processes.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the punishment after finding “serious weaknesses” across HSBC’s automated systems used to monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible criminal activity.