Friday, November 16, 2012

New JPMorgan Jam





It must seem like Jamie Dimon's bad dream..  JPMorgan Chase is expected to receive an order from regulators to bolster anti-money laundering systems and examine past transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will give the cease-and-desist order amid a wider crackdown on the nation’s largest banks, the people said, according to the newspaper. JPMorgan spokeswoman Kate Haywood in London declined to comment, as did a spokeswoman in Hong Kong.

Authorities and lawmakers in the U.S. have been increasing scrutiny of banks’ money-laundering controls. HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) said this month that it’s likely to face criminal charges and the cost of a settlement may “significantly” exceed the $1.5 billion the London-based bank has set aside. U.K. rival Standard Chartered Plc (STAN) paid $340 million in August to settle a New York regulator’s claim it broke Iranian sanctions rules....


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