Financial institutions across the world have paid $26bn (€22bn) in fines for failures in money laundering and customer verification, and sanctions since the global financial crash, a new report has found.

Deutsche Bank is seeking to recover internal electronic chat transcripts that were left out of disclosures to regulators during a probe into interest-rate rigging, according to sources.

French bank BNP Paribas was sentenced to five years probation by a US judge yesterday in connection with a record $8.9bn (€7.95bn) settlement resolving claims it violated sanctions against Sudan, Cuba and Iran.

Standard Chartered has agreed to pay $340m (€276m) to settle allegations that it hid transactions with Iran from regulators, the New York Department of Financial Services said last night.