Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
by authority- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) €109.7m 95 % · 8 cases
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) €5.54m 5 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Nationwide Building Society €50.4m 44 % · 1 case
- Monzo Bank Limited €24.5m 21 % · 1 case
- Macquarie Bank Limited, London Branch €15.6m 14 % · 1 case
- The London Metal Exchange (LME) €11m 10 % · 1 case
- ADM Investor Services International Limited €7.48m 6 % · 1 case
- Citibank, N.A., London Branch €5.54m 5 % · 1 case
- Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited €389,760 0 % · 1 case
- Arian Financial LLP €344,791 0 % · 1 case
- CACEIS Bank (UK Branch) — 0 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 1 | €7.48m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | €15.6m |
| Q1 2025 | 2 | €11.3m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €24.5m |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €50.4m |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €389,760 |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | €5.54m |
9 cases
11 Dec 2025 Nationwide Building SocietyFCA: £44 million against Nationwide over financial crime controls €50.4m
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £44,078,500 (after a 30% discount) because, from October 2016 to July 2021, the building society had no effective systems to keep due diligence and risk assessments for personal customers up to date, and did not identify personal accounts used for business purposes. As a result, one customer received 24 fraudulent Covid furlough payments totalling £27.3 million.
Keep customer profiles continuously up to date – anyone who postpones known weaknesses for years ends up paying for the abuse.
Identifying personal accounts used for business purposes
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- FCA Principle 3; SYSC 6.1.1R und 6.3.1R
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- 30% settlement discount
- Published
- 12 Dec 2025
Original amount 44,078,500 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Dec 2025.
- FCA fines Nationwide £44m for failings in financial crime controls Press release of an authority
- 2025 fines | FCA Enforcement database of an authority
- Final Notice: Nationwide Building Society (11.12.2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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11 Aug 2026 Citibank, N.A., London BranchOFSI imposes 4.7 million GBP on Citibank London over Russia payments €5.54m
Mainly between February and November 2022, the London branch processed 970 payments totalling around 19.7 million GBP that breached Russia and anti-corruption sanctions. The causes were overloaded alert handling after the wave of designations, delayed escalation and human error; the bank voluntarily disclosed most of the breaches and received a 20% reduction from HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
During waves of designations, alert handling needs additional trained capacity – backlogs and wrong decisions in screening are themselves sanctions breaches.
Handling sanctions alerts, escalation and freezing
- Authority / court
- HM Treasury, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Breaches of sanctions and embargoes
- Legal basis
- Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021; s. 146 Policing and Crime Act 2017
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Predominantly voluntary disclosure and cooperation (20% reduction); exceptional burden caused by the 2022 sanctions packages taken into account
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
Original amount 4,732,830.58 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 11 Aug 2026.
- OFSI: Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Citibank, N.A., London Branch Decision of an authority
- OFSI – Enforcement of financial sanctions (Sammlung) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Jun 2026 CACEIS Bank (UK Branch)FCA: public censure for CACEIS UK over deficient checks on a custody client Reprimand or warning
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a public censure because the London branch opened and operated accounts for the wealth manager WealthTek, although its own register searches showed that it lacked permissions to hold client assets, and overlooked a restriction noted in the register; 16 monitoring alerts were not worked through over two years, and more than £314 million flowed through the accounts. In view of cooperation and a voluntary payment of £31.7 million to WealthTek clients, the FCA refrained from imposing a fine (otherwise £23.1 million after discount).
Anyone who notices a discrepancy in the register must clarify and document it before accounts are activated.
Register checks and follow-up on identified KYC gaps
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Section 205 FSMA (Public Censure) wegen Verstoßes gegen FCA Principle 2; Maßstab u. a. SYSC 6.1.1R, 6.3.1R, 6.3.3R und Regulations 18, 27, 28 MLR 2017
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperation, acknowledgement of the deficiencies and a voluntary payment of £31,714,068 to those harmed
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- Final Notice 2026: CACEIS Bank (UK Branch) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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27 Mar 2026 Dinosaur Merchant Bank LimitedDinosaur Merchant Bank: 338,000 GBP – CFD trading without market abuse surveillance €389,760
After a new order management system was introduced in June 2024, CFD transactions with an underlying value of around 3.05 billion USD were not captured by automated trade surveillance. The bank identified the error in October 2024 but only remedied it in May 2025; the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed 338,000 GBP after a 30% cooperation discount.
With every system migration, check whether surveillance systems actually capture the new data flows.
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- Art. 16 Abs. 2 UK MAR; SYSC 6.1.1R; FCA Principle 3
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Full cooperation (30% discount); CFD business discontinued in May 2025.
Original amount 338,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 27 Mar 2026.
- FCA fines Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited for market abuse surveillance failures (27.03.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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7 Jul 2025 Monzo Bank LimitedFCA: £21 million against Monzo over lax account opening for high-risk customers €24.5m
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £21,091,300 (after a 30% discount) because, from 2018 to 2020, Monzo onboarded customers on the basis of sparse and sometimes obviously implausible information – such as well-known London landmarks given as addresses. Despite a requirement not to take on any more high-risk customers, the bank opened more than 34,000 such accounts up to 2022.
Automated onboarding needs plausibility checks – and supervisory requirements must be implemented in a technically effective way.
Plausibility checks in customer onboarding
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- FCA Principle 3 (PRIN 3); s. 55L FSMA (Verstoß gegen Auflage)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- 30% settlement discount
- Published
- 8 Jul 2025
Original amount 21,091,300 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Jul 2025.
- FCA fines Monzo £21m for failings in financial crime controls Press release of an authority
- 2025 fines | FCA Enforcement database of an authority
- Final Notice: Monzo Bank Limited (07.07.2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Mar 2025 The London Metal Exchange (LME)London Metal Exchange: 9.2 million GBP – controls and escalation failed in nickel turmoil €11m
When the nickel price rose to over 100,000 USD within just over an hour on 8 March 2022, only junior staff were on duty during Asian trading hours, and they had not been trained to recognise a disorderly market; they did not escalate and even switched off price bands. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed a fine on the recognised investment exchange for the first time: 9.2 million GBP after a 30% discount.
Critical infrastructure needs trained staff around the clock and clear escalation paths – including at night and at off-peak times.
Escalation of unusual market conditions; training of shift staff
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Information security and cyber · Critical infrastructure
- Legal basis
- FCA REC 2.5.1 (Recognition Requirements); Art. 18 RTS 7 (MiFID II)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Early settlement (30% discount); improvements since March 2022.
Original amount 9,200,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Mar 2025.
- FCA: First FCA enforcement action and fine against Recognised Investment Exchange (20.03.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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9 Jan 2025 Arian Financial LLPFCA: small broker Arian Financial fined over cum-ex money laundering risks €344,791
From January to September 2015, the broker had no effective systems against financial crime and was therefore exposed to the risk of facilitating fraudulent trading and money laundering in connection with cum-ex trades. Following proceedings before the Upper Tribunal, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set the fine at £288,962.53 instead of the £744,745 originally intended.
Even small brokers must question unusually lucrative, circular trading patterns before executing them.
Recognising warning signs in unusual trading structures
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- FCA Principles 2 und 3 (PRIN 2, PRIN 3)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- Reduction by the Upper Tribunal
- Published
- 10 Jan 2025
Original amount 288,962.53 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2025.
- FCA fines Arian Financial LLP for failings relating to cum-ex trading Press release of an authority
- 2025 fines | FCA Enforcement database of an authority
- Final Notice: Arian Financial LLP (09.01.2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 Nov 2024 Macquarie Bank Limited, London BranchMacquarie Bank London: 13 million GBP – trader concealed over 400 fictitious trades €15.6m
From June 2020 to February 2022, a trader on the metals and commodities desk was able to book over 400 fictitious trades and circumvent three key internal controls in order to conceal losses; the bank was partly aware of the weaknesses but did not remedy them in time. Unwinding the positions cost around 57.8 million USD; the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed 13 million GBP on the bank and banned the trader Travis Klein.
Close known control weaknesses in trading with a deadline and a responsible person – otherwise a lone perpetrator becomes an organisational failure.
Recognising and reporting circumvention of controls in trading
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
- Legal basis
- FCA Principles for Businesses, Principle 3 (Systeme und Kontrollen); s. 206 Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Liability of senior managers
- Prohibition order imposed on the trader; no fine imposed on him on grounds of serious financial hardship.
Original amount 13,031,400 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Nov 2024.
- FCA: MBL fined £13m for serious control failures that allowed trader to conceal over 400 fictitious trades (26.11.2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Sep 2023 ADM Investor Services International LimitedFCA: £6.47 million against ADM Investor Services over outdated AML controls €7.48m
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) imposed £6,470,600 (after a 30% discount) because, between September 2014 and October 2016, the derivatives broker had only a rudimentary customer risk assessment, no firm-wide money laundering risk assessment and no adequate ongoing monitoring; its policies referred to outdated legislation. The FCA had already raised concerns in 2014.
Policies that refer to repealed legislation are a sure sign of a dead AML programme.
- Authority / court
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- FCA Principle 3; SYSC
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Financial services and insurance
- Mitigating circumstances
- 30% settlement discount
- Published
- 2 Oct 2023
Original amount 6,470,600 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 29 Sep 2023.
- FCA fines ADM Investor Services International Limited £6,470,600 for serious financial crime control failings Press release of an authority
- Final Notice: ADM Investor Services International Limited (29.09.2023) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link