Swedbank

70 results about this entity

Period: 22 Oct 2004 - 25 Apr 2024

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Learning from Swedbank: Scrutinise AML processes to prepare for 6AMLD

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Learning from Swedbank: Scrutinise AML processes to prepare for 6AMLD

In a report released March this year, Swedbank was found to have carried out €37 billion of high-risk payments over a five-year period.

Swedbank pitches global hackathon to take on Covid-19

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Swedbank pitches global hackathon to take on Covid-19

Swedbank is sponsoring a global hackathon to find new solutions to Covid-19 challenges.

Swedbank management savaged over money laundering failings

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Swedbank management savaged over money laundering failings

Swedbank's board and management have been savaged in a report from law firm Clifford Chance over serious money laundering failings between 2014 and 2019.

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Swedbank notifies Ofac of potential sanction violations

The investigation of Swedbank’s work on anti-money laundering conducted by the law firm Clifford Chance has found that transactions amounting to approximately USD 4.8 million in total constitute potential sanction violations.

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Swedbank connects to EBA Clearing's RT1 with SIA and TietoEvry

Swedbank, the major bank in the home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has selected SIA, the leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, to enable instant payments through RT1, EBA Clearing’s panEuropean system with the real-time payments platform of TietoEVRY, a leading digital services and software company.

Swedbank restructures; creates new digital banking and IT division

Swedbank creates a new organisational structure in order to clarify governance Swedbank makes major organisational changes to create simpler and clearer decision-making structures, to facilitate the realisation of the bank’s strategy.

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Swedish neo bank Northmill appoints former Swedbank exec as chief risk officer

Northmill continues to attract and recruit top talent and appoints Daniel Roxö as new Chief Risk Officer, CRO.

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Swedbank responds to AML sanction action

Swedbank has today received the SFSA's decision to initiate a sanction process in the ongoing AML investigation.

Nordic banks agree funding for P27 cross-border payments platform

Nordic banks agree funding for P27 cross-border payments platform

Six Nordic banks have agreed to fund the development of a cross-border real-time payments platform as part of the P27 collective.

Nordic banks get EC green light for shared KYC platform

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Nordic banks get EC green light for shared KYC platform

A group of six top Nordic banks is forging ahead with plans to set up a joint platform for handling Know Your Customer (KYC) data.

EBRD to support Swedbank Lithuania startup hub

The EBRD is supporting Swedbank Lithuania in the development of a successful innovation hub that fosters technological solutions in the country and more widely in the region.

Nordea and Swedbank say the time is right for watch wearables

Nordea and Swedbank say the time is right for watch wearables

Nordea and Swedbank customers in Sweden have introduced a new range of watch wearables that can be used for making contactless payments.

Swedbank to offer wearable payments with Fidesmo

Swedbank and the savings banks have previously offer customers with a Swedbank debit card the opportunity to connect to several mobile payment solutions such as Samsung Pay, FitBit Pay, Garmin Pay and Swedbank's own mobile payment solution Swedbank wallet.

Swedbank leads £4 million round in Kaching Retail

Swedbank leads £4 million round in Kaching Retail

Swedbank has led a £4 million investment round in mobile point-of-sale startup Kaching Retail.

Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania

Swedbank to take over Barclays Rise in Lithuania

Swedbank is to take over Barclays financial technology centre, Rise Vilnius, following the UK bank's decision to shutter its operations in Lithuania.

Visa and Swedbank invest in subscription management platform Minna

Visa and Swedbank invest in subscription management platform Minna

Swedish subscription management platform Minna Technologies has raised EUR5.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Zenith Group and joined by blue chips Visa and Swedbank.

In wake of money laundering scandal, Swedbank creates financial crime unit

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In wake of money laundering scandal, Swedbank creates financial crime unit

Swedbank has put its head of Group IT, Anders Ekedahl, in charge of a new dedicated anti-financial crime (AFC) unit set up in response to a money laundering scandal being probed by regulators.

Swedbank invests EUR3 million in Meniga

Swedbank invests EUR3 million in Meniga

Swedbank has invested EUR3 million in personal finance and data aggregation platform Meniga, as it begins the roll out of the firm's technology to customers in Sweden and the Baltic countries.

Nordic banks strive for harmonised cross-border payments infrastructure

Nordic banks strive for harmonised cross-border payments infrastructure

A group of major Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish banks have banded together to explore the possibility of establishing a pan-Nordic payment infrastructure supplemented by common products.

Swedbank acquires PayEx

Swedbank acquires the payment provider PayEx. Through the acquisition Swedbank enters a new market and add services to meet customers’ needs of digital solutions for payments.

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