Metro Bank fined nearly £17m for failure to monitor potential money laundering

Metro Bank fined nearly £17m for failure to monitor potential money laundering

Problems were raised by junior staff three years before they were completely resolved, says FCA

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Metro Bank has been fined nearly £17m by the UK’s financial watchdog for failings in its money-laundering controls over four years.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued the £16.7m penalty after finding failures in monitoring 60m transactions over a four-year period that risked a “gap being left in the defence against the criminal use of the financial system”.

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