A leading Standard Chartered banker involved in making a $1bn (£620m) loan to the Indonesian chairman of the London-listed miner Bumi has quit after the bank struggled to get other lenders on board.

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Standard Chartered is in dispute with its largest shareholder, Temasek, over the structure of the bank's board, raising fresh speculation that the Singapore investment house may look to offload its stake.

Shares on Wall Street jumped to their highest level in four years yesterday, as hopes that central banks around the world would soon take action to stimulate their economies continued to propel US stock markets upwards.

Outlook It is tempting to believe that everything is done and dusted at Standard Chartered.

Standard Chartered was attacked by one of the top lawyers in the City last night for agreeing a quick settlement of the money-laundering allegations that threatened to destroy the bank and warned that it could be forced to pay out billions more before it can properly settle the scandal.

City lawyer says the settlement with US watchdog on scandal could cost billions

By agreeing to pay $340m to settle the New York State financial regulator's allegations of sanctions-busting, Standard Chartered has raised more questions than it has answered.

Shares in scandal-hit bank Standard Chartered continued to recover today after it agreed a “lower than anticipated” settlement with regulators over allegations that it hid transactions with the Iranian government.

Eleventh-hour settlement with New York regulators over sanction-busting charges

Standard Chartered is discussing a settlement with US regulators ahead of tomorrow's preliminary hearing before the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), which last week alleged it had laundered $250bn (£159bn) of money from Iran.

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Standard Chartered, the UK bank accused of laundering money on behalf of Iran, is unlikely to reach a settlement with its American regulators before a scheduled hearing in New York on Wednesday, according to sources at the bank.

Pressure was growing last night for the two top executives at Standard Chartered, Peter Sands and Richard Meddings, to resign in the wake of accusations that the British bank laundered $250bn (£160bn) of Iranian money over the past decade.