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Midweek Roundup: Deutsche Bank Gives Trump Records to US Lawmakers, New York Launches Swedbank Investigation, and More

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) confirmed that Deutsche Bank has begun handing over data related to its business with President Donald Trump to the House Financial Services Committee, the Hill reported. More New York state regulators notified Swedbank last month that they had opened an investigation into the Swedish lender's alleged involvement in money-laundering scandals tied to Denmark's Danske Bank and Latvia’s now-shuttered ABLV Bank, the Financial Times reported. More Swedish broadcaster SVT reported that Swedbank executives withheld information from U.S. investigators on customers and transactions unmasked by the Panama Papers leak, and that former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort funneled...

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