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Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, identified deficiencies in the foreign payment institution’s work to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and issued an injunction requiring it to take remedial action by no later than Dec. 30, 2022.
Finansinspektionen, Sweden’s financial supervisory authority, imposed a SEK 14 million penalty and issued an administrative warning to the Stockholm, Sweden-based payment institution for anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing deficiencies.
| Technical | Effectiveness |
|---|---|
| Compliant : 14 | High : 1 |
| Largely Compliant : 23 | Substantial : 4 |
| Partially Compliant : 3 | Moderate : 6 |
| Non-Compliant : 0 | Low : 0 |
Sweden's technical compliance was re-rated in a Oct. 2, 2020 follow-up report
| Rank : 134/141 |
| Score : 3.32/10 |
| Rank : 4/180 |
| Score : 85/100 |
| Rank : 64/133 |
| Score : 46/100 |