Swedbank faces Swedish money laundering controls probe
By Martin Coyle ( February 20, 2026, 11:13 GMT | Insight) -- Swedbank faces an investigation by Sweden’s financial regulator into suspected breaches of the country’s money laundering regulations. The probe follows the lender's involvement in a huge money laundering scandal related to its Baltic operations that saw it pay billions of Swedish kroner in a fine in 2020. Swedbank faces an investigation by Sweden’s financial regulator into suspected breaches of the country’s money laundering regulations....
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