{
  "id": 14314824,
  "title": "US bank: Over $1.2 billion fine for Bank of America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/us-gro-bank-uber-1-2-milliarden-dollar-strafe-fur-bank-of-amerika-14314824",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T22:58:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/us-grossbank-ueber-12-milliarden-dollar-strafe-fuer-bank-of-amerika/100262043.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The US Department of the Treasury has imposed penalties totaling over $1.21 billion on Bank of America for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The bank allegedly failed to report suspicious transactions, including those linked to Chinese money laundering networks, amounting to over $5 billion. The Treasury Department stated that around a fifth of these transactions involved national security concerns. The penalty includes $11.6 million paid as part of a settlement for violating sanctions against Iran and Russia. Bank of America has agreed to allow external auditors to analyze suspicious transactions.",
  "summary": "Bank of America faces a multi-billion dollar fine. According to the US government, its controls, including those on money laundering, were not strict enough.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "US bank: Over $1.2 billion fine for Bank of America",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/us-gro-bank-uber-1-2-milliarden-dollar-strafe-fur-bank-of-amerika",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:02:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}