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Strange: Banks paid over $250 billion in compliance fines since 2008

Angela Strange · 2023 Big Ideas in Technology (Part 2) · Jan 27, 2023 · at 12:38

a16z General Partner Angela Strange emphasizes the immense scale of regulatory fines imposed on financial institutions since 2008.

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“Since the last financial crisis in 2008, there's been more than two hundred and fifty billion dollars in fines for poor compliance procedures.”

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The claim, plainly

Financial institutions have incurred over $250 billion in fines for poor compliance procedures since the 2008 financial crisis.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require regulatory fine tracking data or financial industry studies demonstrating that total compliance and regulatory fines paid by financial institutions since 2008 exceed $250 billion. Multiple studies and tracking data meet this standard. Specifically, a 2017 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study showed cumulative regulatory fines against major banks globally exceeded $321 billion since the 2008 crisis for regulatory lapses, AML failures, market manipulation, and mortgage mis-selling. Additionally, the Good Jobs First Violation Tracker database records over $400 billion in total financial industry penalties since 2000 (the vast majority post-2008), and statements from the Central Bank of Bahrain confirmed top global banks paid over $250 billion in fines and penalties in the decade following the crisis.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) March 2017 study finding major banks globally incurred cumulative regulatory fines exceeding $321 billion since the 2008 financial crisis.
Good Jobs First Violation Tracker database showing over $400 billion in total penalties assessed against financial service firms since 2000, mostly post-2008.
November 2018 statement from Central Bank of Bahrain Governor noting top ten global banks paid over $250 billion in fines and penalties in the decade post-crisis due to compliance and regulatory failures.

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[1] financemagnates.com [2] taipeitimes.com [3] goodjobsfirst.org [4] businessinsider.com [5] gulfnews.com [6] gulfnews.com [7] businessinsider.com [8] corporatecomplianceinsights.com

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