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  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Swedbank ex-chief charged over Baltic money-laundering scandal

    Birgitte Bonnesen accused of downplaying problems at lender’s Estonian operation

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    News in-depthEuropean companies
    Swedish companies reap benefits of country’s Covid-19 approach

    Better than expected numbers suggests no-lockdown strategy helped business

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Swedbank chief sets ‘big hairy goal’ after scandal

    Jens Henriksson insists the lender can move on from money-laundering investigations

  • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
    European companies
    Swedish bosses urge Europe not to waste opportunity from Covid-19

    Industrialists argue stimulus measures must be used to help achieve broader social goals

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    Swedbank failings on €37bn of transactions revealed in report

    Clifford Chance review reveals lack of controls to combat money laundering

  • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
    Swedbank fined $400m over weak money-laundering controls

    Swedish and Estonian regulators find largest Baltics bank withheld documents

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    Swedbank probe uncovers $4.8m of suspicious activity

    Money laundering investigation identifies 586 transactions that could trigger US fines

  • Monday, 9 December, 2019
    New Swedbank chief reviews culture amid money-laundering probes

    Lender is under investigation in US, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia

  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
    Swedbank chief aims to lift ‘dark cloud’ of money-laundering claims

    Jens Henriksson denies probes by US and European authorities are an existential threat

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
    Swedbank admits to money-laundering failings

    Sweden’s oldest bank offers clearest comments yet on lapses in $135bn dirty money scandal

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    LexEuropean banks
    Swedbank/Baltic probe: now, Loki here Premium content

    If Od was a balance sheet item, Swedish lender would have a deficit

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Swedbank ousts Estonian chiefs over money laundering claims

    Problems deepen for largest bank in Baltics as internal investigation widens

  • Monday, 13 May, 2019
    Swedbank investors call for vote on former PM becoming chairman

    Sweden’s oldest bank has been rocked by money laundering allegations

  • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
    Swedbank creates financial crime unit after dirty money scandal

    Sweden’s oldest lender admits shortcomings in how it dealt with risks

  • Thursday, 11 April, 2019
    LexCorporate governance
    Corporate scandals: muffled reports Premium content

    Investigators often receive a brief so narrow, that painful findings are unlikely

  • Friday, 5 April, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    The Russian shadow over banking’s Nordic noir

    Swedish and Danish banks are embroiled in a massive money laundering scandal in the Baltic states

  • Friday, 5 April, 2019
    Swedbank chairman resigns amid money laundering scandal

    Lars Idermark departs a week after the bank’s chief executive was fired

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
    John Gapper
    Criminals got a good service at Nordic banks

    Swedbank and Danske Bank hunted for low-risk profits but fell foul of money launderers

  • Tuesday, 2 April, 2019
    Banking Weekly podcast19 min listen
    Deutsche-Commerzbank merger, Nordic money laundering and Wells Fargo’s departing CEO

    Patrick Jenkins and guests discuss the latest twists of the Deutsche-Commerzbank mer…

  • Monday, 1 April, 2019
    Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
    Swedbank, Wells Fargo and Metro: all look too good to be true

    Departures mark fall from grace of banks revered as models for post-crisis banking

  • Sunday, 31 March, 2019
    Swedbank in war of words with prosecutors after raid

    Swedish lender accused of refusing to hand over report on money laundering

  • Friday, 29 March, 2019
    News in-depthEuropean banks
    How the woes of Danske and Swedbank are rippling out

    A seemingly small affair has turned into one of the biggest money laundering scandals ever

  • Thursday, 28 March, 2019
    LexEuropean banks
    Swedbank: Baltic blues Premium content

    Lender’s priority is full transparency, which requires strong leadership

  • Thursday, 28 March, 2019
    European banks
    Swedbank chief executive fired over money laundering scandal

    Board dismisses Birgitte Bonnesen only minutes before bank’s annual meeting started

  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
    Money laundering
    US regulator starts probe into money laundering at Swedbank

    New York inquiry greatly expands dirty-money scandal ripping through Nordic banking

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