Standard Chartered aims to hire financial crime compliance staff in Middle East

Dubai: Standard Chartered plans to hire several financial crime-fighting staff in the Middle East, according to online jobs postings, as it seeks to strengthen controls after legal and compliance problems in the United States. The bank is hiring a head of sanctions for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan to ensure the bank’s work complies with sanctions requirements, as well as a regional head of learning and training within financial crime compliance, and other staff within compliance, according to postings on LinkedIn. A spokesman for Standard Chartered said it continued to build on its investments in legal and regulatory capabilities.