Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days.

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So far, that probe has cleared senior executives of any involvement, according to the bank.

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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the years running up to the financial crisis by the UK's financial watchdog.

BBC: RBS logo

The central bank announced before Christmas that the couple had been cleared, but it did not publish the report, or full details of its own rules, at the time.

BBC: Business

It was the experience of talking to the branch manager and department heads who could have reversed the hold (they knew the check had cleared) that implanted in my mind, I will never bank at a big bank again.

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The move follows U.S. President Barack Obama's signing on Dec. 31 of a law imposing sanctions against banks that trade with the Iran's central bank, through which much of Iranian oil sales are cleared.

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While the individual bank and servicer numbers seem to obfuscate what they supposedly cleared up, a spokesperson for the Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight did say they are useful in providing some metric to measure progress.

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But for want of a reason to object, the Bank of France (on March 29th) and all other regulators have now cleared the bid.

ECONOMIST: French banking

Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, said it plans to issue yuan-denominated bonds that will be cleared in Singapore.

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