Finance

U.S. ignored evidence major U.K. bank was helping fund sanctioned Iranian groups, whistleblower says

Standard Chartered Plc bank branch in Hong Kong Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Recent documents submitted to a U.S. federal court allege that major British bank Standard Chartered helped finance sanctioned Iranian entities and terrorist groups, and that relevant evidence was ignored by American authorities. London-based Standard Chartered, which primarily serves clients in emerging…