The U.K. arm of Santander was fined approximately 107.8 million pounds (U.S. $132 million) by the countryโ€™s financial services regulator for โ€œserious and persistentโ€ gaps in its anti-money laundering (AML) controls.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...