HSBC latest to set aside extra cash
The group said it had set aside an additional 800 million US dollars (£500m) to cover fines from US authorities which accused the bank of inadvertently allowing rogue states and drug cartels to launder billions of pounds through its US arm.
The lender has now set aside 1.5 billion US dollars (£935m) to cover the potential scandal but warned no agreement has been made and the cost could be “higher, possibly significantly higher”.
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Hide AdMeanwhile, HSBC said it had taken an additional 353 million US dollars (£220m) to cover compensation, mainly for mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI), pushing its total PPI bill to more than two billion US dollars (£1.2bn).
The additional penalties, as well as the impact of the value of its own debt, triggered a 51 per cent slide in the bank’s reported pre-tax profits for the three months to September 30 of 3.5 billion US dollars (£2.2bn).