Dirty Money Worried Swedbank Compliance Officers but Bosses Kept Mum: Documents January 10, 2022 By Niclas Rolander, Aaron Eglitis and Anton Wilen In the summer of 2018, a senior anti money-laundering official at Swedbank AB appeared anxious as he read reports that...
Swedbank Slapped with Record $386M Fine for Money-Laundering Breaches March 20, 2020 By Colm Fulton, Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson Sweden’s financial watchdog hit lender Swedbank with a record fine of 4 billion crowns ($386 million) on Thursday for serious...
New Swedbank CEO, Hired from Folksam, Criticized for Ties to Scandal-Hit Bank August 29, 2019 By Veronica Ek, Hanna Hoikkala and Niklas Magnusson Sweden’s biggest shareholder group has criticized Swedbank AB’s choice of chief executive officer, arguing the board opted for an insider...
Fallout from Money Laundering Scandal Continues as Fines Loom for Swedbank July 17, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff Swedbank AB acknowledged it will no longer be able to live up to its goal of paying out one of...
Explaining Europe’s Growing Money Laundering Scandal April 8, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio The largest ever money laundering scandal in Europe is rippling through the region’s banks. It began in the Baltics and...
Fallout Grows from Swedbank’s Money Laundering Scandal as Chairman Quits April 5, 2019 By Niklas Magnusson A week after Swedbank AB fired its chief executive officer, the lender is parting ways with its chairman as a...
Swedbank Fires CEO on Growing Investor Criticism of Handling of Laundering Scandal March 29, 2019 By Esha Vaish and Johan Ahlander Swedbank dismissed Birgitte Bonnesen as chief executive on Thursday only an hour before its annual meeting after disgruntled shareholders rounded...
Another Money Laundering Risk Seen Coming from Firms Providing Payment Services March 20, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff As one avenue for money launderers is shut, another one may be opening. In Denmark, home to Danske Bank A/S,...
Update: Europe’s Dirty Money Could Total $1 Trillion, Says Anti-Corruption Investor Browder March 7, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff and Niklas Magnusson Bill Browder, the investor who’s made a career of chasing money launderers, says the cases he’s brought against banks so...
What’s Known About Massive Russia Money Laundering Scheme, ‘Troika Laundromat’ March 7, 2019 By Christian Baumgaertel The so-called Troika Laundromat was a financial network set up by a Russian investment bank to help clients move money...