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Midweek Roundup: Finma Censures HSBC, Usmanov Sues UBS, and More

Switzerland's Financial Markets Authority banned HSBC's private banking unit in the country from onboarding politically exposed persons as clients after finding that the lender breached anti-money laundering requirements by failing to adequately screen $300 million of transactions involving customers in Lebanon. More Blacklisted Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov accused UBS in a lawsuit of triggering an "illegal" investigation against him in Germany by filing suspicious activity reports, Bloomberg reported. More Felix Sater, a real estate developer and convicted felon who partnered with former President Donald Trump to build the 46-floor Trump SoHo in New York, testified in a civil trial that...

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