Standard Chartered shares are down 20 per cent after the New York State financial regulator accused the UK bank of hiding $250bn of transactions with the Iranian government. StanChart has issued a defiant rebuttal. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Oliver Ralph discuss the impact of the allegations on the bank that was trumpeting its squeaky clean reputation just a week ago.

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