UK’s PRA fines Japanese banking group for withholding information

Two arms of banking giant MUFG fall “significantly short” of regulators’ expectations

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BTMU, Fuchu branch

The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority has hit Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group with fines after parts of the bank fell "significantly short" of regulators' expectations.

In a release published today (February 9), the PRA said it had imposed a fine of £17.9 million ($22.4 million) on Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ after the entity failed to inform the UK regulator of action being taken against it by the New York Department of Financial Services.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and its sister

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