U.S. authorities slapped Wednesday Citigroup with $135.6 million over the financial institution’s lack of progress in upgrading threat administration and inner controls following a 2020 regulatory crackdown.
The fines from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are on account of Citi’s “failure to meet remediation milestones and make sufficient and sustainable progress towards compliance with the 2020 Order,” an OCC press launch stated.
The case dates to the October 2020 enforcement of the financial institution over deficiencies in threat administration practices that required an overhaul of inner controls. The identical regulators fined Citi $400 million on the time.
The financial institution nonetheless suffers from “certain persistent weaknesses,” significantly on knowledge, stated Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu.
“Citibank must see through its transformation and fully address in a timely manner its longstanding deficiencies,” Hsu stated.
“Today’s amendment requires the bank to refocus its efforts on taking necessary corrective actions and ensuring appropriate resources are allocated for this purpose.”
The OCC described the most recent motion as a $75 million civil financial penalty, whereas the Fed wonderful was for $60.6 million.
Citi CEO Jane Fraser stated the financial institution had made “good progress” however would do extra to satisfy the necessities.
“We will get these areas where they need to be, as we have done in other areas of the transformation,” Fraser stated in an announcement. “We’ve always said that progress wouldn’t be linear, and we have no doubt that we will be successful in getting our firm where it needs to be.”
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