HSBC is in talks to settle with US regulators over a money laundering investigation, but increased regulatory scrutiny has led to S&P cutting the bank's credit rating.
S&P cut its outlook on HSBC from stable to negative and said the findings of a US Senate probe "may reflect not only entity-level failings, but [...
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