FCA fines Goldman Sachs £34.3M for transaction reporting failures
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Jaclyn Jaeger2019-04-01T18:47:00
Compliance officers in the financial services industry can learn a lot from the failings of Goldman Sachs, which was fined £34.3 million (U.S. $45 million) by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority for failing to provide accurate and timely reporting relating to 220 million transaction reports over a period of a ...
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