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Swedbank sees SEC probe dropped, but two US AML-linked investigations remain

By Martin Coyle ( September 8, 2025, 10:42 GMT | Insight) -- An investigation into Swedbank by US enforcers over the lender’s suspected involvement in money laundering has been dropped, but it still faces two further probes into the issues. The SEC probe was linked to the lender’s involvement in a money laundering scandal which saw it pay 4 billion Swedish kroner ($386 million today) in 2020 to Sweden's financial regulator after being found to have "serious deficiencies" in its money laundering controls in its Baltic operations.  An investigation into Swedbank by US enforcers over the lender’s suspected involvement in money laundering has been dropped, but it still faces two further probes into the issues....

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