Barclays fined $1.05M for Premier FX oversight failures
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Neil Hodge2022-02-28T18:11:00
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority fined Barclays Bank £783,800 (U.S. $1.05 million) for “oversight failings” in its relationship with collapsed money remittance firm Premier FX.
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