EXCLUSIVE: HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S. Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a long-running U.S. effort to halt shadowy money flows through global banks, according to people familiar with the situation and a company securities filing.
The intensifying scrutiny of HSBC is the latest in a series of investigations by U.S. officials into how global banks have processed — and in some cases, intentionally hidden — financial transactions on behalf of countries which allegedly support terrorism, corrupt foreign officials, drug gangs and criminals.
Source: reuters
Florida couple nearly repossesses Bank of America's furniture
Nearly made off with the bank: An elderly Florida couple who were mistakenly sued by Bank of America last year almost had the financial chain’s furniture repossessed after the bank failed to pay a $2,500 it owed. Maureen and Warren Nyerges were cut a check — reimbursement for attorney’s fees from the failed lawsuit — in lieu of walking away with the bank’s tables and chairs.
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