Banking giant HSBC is said to be facing a one billion dollar fine after it failed to ensure it had taken the appropriate steps to guard against the financing of terrorism and other criminal acitivity.
Writing in an internal memo to his staff, Chief Executive Stuart Gulliver admitted that between 2004 and 2010, the bank's anti-money laundering controls "should have been stronger and more effective, and we failed to spot and deal with unacceptable behaviour".
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