HALISTER1: Standard Bank to Hire Compliance Officers After Fines, Fraud

Standard Bank to Hire Compliance Officers After Fines, Fraud

(Bloomberg) -- Standard Bank plans to hire more compliance officers in order to comply with rules aimed at preventing money laundering, fraud, co-CEO Sim Tshabalala says at co.’s AGM in Johannesburg.
  • Co. has 400 compliance officers
  • Standard Bank increased compliance staff by about 300, director Richard Dunne says
  • Compliance team did self-assessment throughout African operations: Dunne
  • Co. has paid about $140m in charges over 2 yrs for penalties, losses related to Chinese warehouses: Finance Director Simon Ridley
  • NOTE: Standard Bank last yr agreed to $36.9 million settlement after employees bribed govt officials in Tanzania; co. last wk said it lost as much as 300m rand to sophisticated fraud syndicate in Japan
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