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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 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.

1case from 1 jurisdiction
€24.5mTotal of monetary amounts
€24.5mLargest single case: Monzo Bank Limited
€24.5mMedian per case with an amount

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1 case

7 Jul 2025 Monzo Bank LimitedFCA: £21 million against Monzo over lax account opening for high-risk customers United KingdomCustomer due diligence €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.

What organisations can take from it

Automated onboarding needs plausibility checks – and supervisory requirements must be implemented in a technically effective way.

Relevance to training and awareness

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.

Sources

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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