Standard Chartered boss in New York to defend Iran allegations

Standard Chartered's Chief Executive has taken charge of negotiations with the New York regulator that has accused the bank of illegally processing 250 billion dollars of payments for Iran.

Standard Chartered's Chief Executive has taken charge of negotiations with the New York regulator that has accused the bank of illegally processing 250 billion dollars of payments for Iran.

The bank maintains the total number of payments that didn't comply with US sanctions laws was just a fraction of the alleged 60,000 transactions.

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