渣打银行可能遭阿联酋客户起诉.pptVIP

Standard Chartered’s anti-money laundering settlement with New York’s leading financial watchdog is raising hackles with other regulators around the w world. 渣打(Standard Chartered)与纽约州主要金融监管机构达成的反洗钱和解协议，正在惹恼世界各地的其他监管机构。 The United Arab Emirates’ central bank on Thursday warned the London-listed lende r that it may face litigation from thousands of its customers in the Gulf country, which it is being forced to “exit” under the terms of the settlemen t. 阿联酋央行周四警告称，在伦敦上市的渣打可能面临这个海湾国家数千客户的诉讼。根据上述和解协议的条款，渣打将被迫“退出”与这些客户的合同关系。 The UAE’s warning comes after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority reacted to a b an on StanChart’s ability to clear US dollar payments for some clients in Hong Kong by defending its own “robust” anti-money laundering regime. 阿联酋发出警 告之前，香港金融管理局(HKMA)对于禁止渣打为香港某些客户清算美元付款的禁令作出反应，为香港的“健全”反洗钱制度进行辩护。 The HKMA said it had been monitoring StanChart’s anti-money laundering controls, adding : “Although we have identified some areas for improvement, they are not issues that cause significant supervisory concerns.” 香港金管局表示，它一直在监督渣打的反洗钱管控措施， 并补充称：“虽然我们发现一些有待改善之处，但并不构成重大监管关注。” The settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services, which included a $300m fine, followed the discov ery of a flaw in StanChart’s transaction monitoring system that flouted the terms of a 2012 settlement for violating sanctions with countries includin g Iran. 渣打与纽约州金融服务管理局（New York Department of Financial Services，简称DFS）达成包括3亿美元罚款的和解之前，该行的交易监控系统被发现存在一个漏洞，违反了该行在2012年因违反制裁（伊朗等国）规定而达成的和解协议的条款。 The DFS reckons the flaw in the bank’s surveillance systems allowed millions of suspicious payments for Hong Kong and UAE clients to go unreported for years. DFS估计，该行监控系统中的漏洞，使得香港和阿联酋客户在多年期间作出的数以百万计的可疑支付未能得到报告。 StanChart has been given 90 days by the US regulator to sell or close the accounts of its small b usiness clients in the UAE. The Gulf country’s central bank said 1,400 to 8,000 accounts could be affected. 美国的这家监管机构给渣打90天时间出售或关闭阿联酋小企业客户的账户。阿联酋央行表示， 可能有1400至8000个账户受到影响。 The central bank