The claims made by the United Kingdom and the United States long-term "special relationship". But recently, the United States has unceremoniously to the allies wielded the financial big stick, one after another to clean up British banks, people both dizzying, and lot of thought.
 
Following the Barclays Bank was accused of manipulating interest rates, HSBC accused of helping a drug trafficking syndicate, money laundering, and recently, Standard Chartered Bank has become the prey of the U.S. financial regulatory authorities.
 
New York State Finance Agency has released a file up to 27, accused of the Standard Chartered Bank in the period 2001-2010, the U.S. side connection by eliminating the Swift code and other technical means to help the Iranian institutions evade sanctions regulatory illegal secret trading about 6 million deals, the amount of up to $ 250 billion, Bank lucrative.
 
Finance Agency in New York unceremoniously Standard Chartered Bank, referred to as a "rogue agency" as a violation of anti-money laundering law in the United States and the Iraq Sanctions Act, threatened to revoke the business license of the Standard Chartered Bank. The text a Standard Chartered shares fell over 18%.
 
Initially, Standard Chartered made a tough reaction, denied the allegations, even threatened that the counterclaim. Finance Agency in New York City of London who also accused autocratic to unauthorized action when the investigation is not over yet, and attack the United Kingdom and so on.
 
But things are followed by a dramatic change: Standard Chartered CEO flew to New York, quickly accepted the massive $ 340 million fine solution to keep a business license in the State of New York. Allegedly, Standard Chartered originally only going to pay a fine of 5 million U.S. dollars, with $ 340 million gap. However, compared to the scandal continued to fell its spotless "disrepute" blood "seems out not.
 
Interestingly, this "of London financial status may bring catastrophic impact" attacks are supposed to stand up and speak 10 Downing Street and the British Treasury, have yet to indicate a response.
 
A short period of time, U.S. financial regulators continuous take the British banks ax, knife with blood, close the mouths pressing the British not fight back, which shows the fierce, fast. Behind the incident, whether it is how to consider? Why the UK this willing to aggrieved?
 
The United States there are at least three aspects to consider:
Politics in an election year, the United States does not have a heart gas and capacity air strikes and other military crackdown against Iran, then play a Gulf War, and thus is particularly concerned about the implementation of its sanctions policy.
 
Diplomacy, by beating those who do not listen to the greeting of a large European bank, warned them, Do not take any chances on the issue of sanctions against Iraq, on the other European allies Qiaoshanzhenhu to the deterrent effect.
 
Finance, two worlds of Wall Street and the City of London financial center, long-term infighting. This through combat largest bank in the United Kingdom, to belittle the British financial center, to compete with Europe's largest bank, Standard Chartered and other financial presence and influence in the emerging market regions, the situation is more conducive to Wall Street.
 
In addition, allegations of high-sounding, but also easy access to hundreds of millions of revenue income, the United States why not.



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