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Weekly Roundup: Nordea Bank Denies Money Laundering Allegations, Santander Under Tax Investigation in Germany, and More

Nordea Bank's head of risk management told Bloomberg that the Helsinki-based lender is "well aware of our historical shortcomings in the anti-money laundering space," but described allegations that the institution handled hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit funds from Russia as "quite loaded." More Spain's Banco Santander is under investigation in Germany for allegedly helping investors fraudulently claim billions of euros in tax refunds, the Financial Times reported. More A French court imposed a $230,000 fine and suspended jail sentence on Nessim El Maleh, the former director of HSBC's private banking unit in Switzerland, for money laundering, and assessed...

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