![A general view shows a logo displayed on a branch of the Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong on February 26, 2019. Standard Chartered's fortunes climbed in 2018 to 3.9 billion USD in pre-tax profits the bank said, after previously warning it had set aside nearly a billion dollars for regulatory fines in the United States and Britain. / AFP / Sam YEH](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XOTIDTDOGQKIDTQYA3B5Y4ZXLY.jpg?smart=true&auth=c564d86ebe336486c582ae96d0844a0ccc0f33551150db7a94f5fd1722aa9913&width=400&height=225)
The London firm has made an agreement to defer prosecution in the US. AFP
The London firm has made an agreement to defer prosecution in the US. AFP
Standard Chartered to pay $1 billion to end probes of Iran business
The bank will pay both UK and US regulators