G. Kennedy Thompson of court a case in which it allegedly laundered over $378 billion in cash and traveler's checks from Mexican drug cartels in the years 2004 - 2006, during Thompson's tenure as CEO. Terms of the settlement included a $110 million forfeiture and a $50 million fine. Thompson was pushed out of Wachovia Bank (WB) on June 2, 2008, as head of the nation’s fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market. Thompson will not receive any incentive pay for the 2008 fiscal year, but according to a filing with the
Mercantile Credit Bank assets were estimated at US$9.9 million (UGX:25 billion) following its growth in operations. MCBL was registered as a Merchant Bank in 1981 and commenced operations in 1986.Following the review of the banking laws in Uganda that led to the financial Institutions Act of 2004,MCBL was categorised as a Tier II Institution. As a tier II financial institution, MCBL is allowed to establish customer savings and fixed deposit accounts and other core banking products including provision of credit facilities,fund transfers and foreign exchange trading given the nature of its licence. Mercantile Credit Bank has four share holders that include two Institutional