
Jesper Berg, director general of the Danish FSA
Those of us used to hearing bankers’ gripes about heavy-handed regulators would not expect the supervisor to downplay a money-laundering breach, particularly in a country such as Denmark. But that is the distinct tone of comments Euromoney heard in Copenhagen this summer, in conversations with Danske Bank and the Danish Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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