By Adrianne Appel2023-03-13T19:27:00
Swedbank said it expects to pay 40 million Swedish krona (U.S. $3.7 million) as part of a settlement with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) related to apparent sanctions violations.
Swedbank acknowledged the provision in a press release Friday. It said OFAC’s investigation related to “historical shortcomings” but did not specify whether the settlement will address its self-disclosure to the regulator previously announced in March 2020.
Then, the bank said Clifford Chance, a law firm it hired to investigate its anti-money laundering (AML) weaknesses, flagged about $4.8 million in transactions that could be subject to U.S. sanctions.
2023-06-20T19:00:00Z By Jeff Dale
Swedbank Latvia agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to resolve apparent U.S. sanctions violations in the Crimea region of Ukraine, the Office of Foreign Assets Control announced.
2023-03-30T21:05:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Wells Fargo will pay nearly $98 million to settle charges a subsidiary facilitated more than $532 million worth of prohibited transactions in violation of sanctions against Iran, Syria, and Sudan.
2022-03-15T14:40:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The Estonian branch of Swedbank has been summoned for interrogation as part of a probe into suspected money laundering and other criminal activities.
2025-09-12T19:40:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
2025-09-11T20:53:00Z By Neil Hodge
Europe’s banking regulator warns that weak compliance at fintech, regtech, and crypto firms may let money laundering and terrorist financing risks slip through. The EBA also found EU regulators’ approaches are often inconsistent and unclear.
2025-09-10T22:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
California, Colorado, and Connecticut launched a joint enforcement sweep against businesses that fail to honor consumers’ online opt-out requests, the states announced Tuesday.
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