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HSBC's Swiss private bank faces money laundering probes

By Martin Coyle and Sofia Gerace ( July 30, 2025, 10:18 GMT | Insight) -- HSBC said today its Swiss private banking unit faces probes in Switzerland and France over suspected money laundering. A year ago, Switzerland's Financial Market Supervisory Authority, said that HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) had committed “serious breaches” of its anti-money laundering rules by failing to properly scrutinize more than $300 million of transfers to and from bank accounts associated with a government institution in Lebanon.HSBC said today its Swiss private banking unit faces probes in Switzerland and France over suspected money laundering....

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