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Midweek Roundup: Societe Generale Exits US Settlement, Japanese Bank Execs to Resign, and More

The U.S. Justice Department dropped a criminal case against Societe Generale after the French lender remediated compliance lapses pursuant to a 2018 deferred prosecution agreement and paid $1.3 billion for allegedly enabling Iran, Cuba and Sudan to evade American sanctions, Reuters reported. More Mizuho disclosed that its chief executive, chairman and three other high-ranking employees will resign in April after Japanese regulators censured the bank for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and other rules, Deal Street Asia reported. More The French subsidiary of Gabonese lender BGFI handled tens of millions of dollars allegedly embezzled by the Democratic Republic of...

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