Casper von Koskull, chief executive of Nordea, has admitted the risks of criminals using its network caught Scandinavia’s biggest bank off guard, as an AML scandal sweeps across the Nordic region.
The scandal – with reports highlighting billions of dollars of questionable money flows from the former Soviet Union – caught its second scalp last week, with the resignation of Swedbank chief executive Birgitte Bonnesen, six months after the resignation of Danske Bank chief executive Thomas Borgen.
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“We were naive and complacent; we underestimated the complexity involved and the systems needed to deal with it,” says Von Koskull, while also calling for a new AML authority at a European level.
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