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NEWS: Citigroup hit with fines of $136m for ‘insufficient progress’ in fixing compliance failures 

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CEO Jane Fraser has sought to grow profits, simplify the company and fix its longstanding regulatory problems. In 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve fined Citi $400 million and ordered the bank to fix persistent risk management and data governance failures.

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NEWS: Canada’s TD Bank names insider Michelle Myers as global chief auditor amid regulatory glare

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

By Paul O’Donoghue

Citigroup has been hit with a pair of fines by U.S. regulators totaling just under $136 million due to a lack of progress in addressing various compliance issues.

The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) imposed penalties of $60.6 million and $75 million respectively.

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INSIGHT: We asked four world-leading financial crime experts who should be AMLA chair – here’s what they said

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NEWS: Canada’s TD Bank names insider Michelle Myers as global chief auditor amid regulatory glare

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

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