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Read moreBy Steve Slater LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - A bishop, a senior lawmaker and a human rights campaigner have been picked for a 14-strong board aiming to push Britain's banks to improve standards after a series of scandals. The Banking Standards Board (BSB) on Thursday unveiled a panel i
Read more(Adds details from filing, HSBC comment, case citation, bylines) By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc is making progress toward cleaning up its operations, after reaching a $1.92 billion settlement of charges related to money launderin
Read moreNEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc is making progress toward cleaning up its operations, after reaching a $1.92 billion settlement of charges related to money laundering, but has not done enough, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday. The government made its criticis
Read moreShares of UK domestic lenders were making gains on Wednesday after upbeat comments from analysts at Morgan Stanley in a note issued after the US bank's conference on the financial sector last week. Morgan Stanley named British banks Barclays and Lloyds among its most preferred stocks in the European
Read moreLONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Being one of the world's top 30 banks is not worth the hassle of extra regulatory scrutiny and capital requirements, according to a poll of financial industry investors last week. Morgan Stanley said 62 percent of investors polled at its European financial indust
Read more(Recasts lead, adds quote) By Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld March 31 (Reuters) - A New York judge this week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state's attorney general that accused HSBC Holdings Plc of ignoring a law designed to protect homeowners from foreclosure. The lawsu
Read moreBy Jonathan Stempel and Karen Freifeld March 31 (Reuters) - A court in Buffalo, New York, dismissed a petition on Monday filed by New York state, alleging that HSBC Holdings Plc ignored a law designed to protect homeowners from being thrown into foreclosure without getting a chance to reneg
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Read moreBERNE, March 31 (Reuters) - Switzerland's bank regulator said on Tuesday that while the scandal surrounding HSBC's private Swiss bank was "unsavoury" the Geneva-based lender had been working hard to clean itself up. Britain's HSBC has admitted past failings in compliance and control at its
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