Barking bank watchdogs don’t need to bite

Regional banks add staff, layer up controls to mitigate compliance risks

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A list of the year’s biggest op risk losses to date would show a dozen or so of the world’s largest banks falling foul of their regulators, racking up hefty bills in the process. Regional and domestic banks aren’t exactly absent – Swedbank was fined the equivalent of $80 million by its domestic regulator in March – but they are far less prominent.

Regulatory and compliance risk

Regional and domestic