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Hedge-Fund Manager Bill Browder Calls for Top Level Staffing Changes at Swedbank as Chairman Resigns
A reputational crisis at Swedbank AB intensified Friday when the chairman of the Stockholm-based lender resigned, saying the continuing media attention around the bank conflicts with his role as chief executive of Swedish forestry group Södra.
A regional Russian bank owned by a former U.S. congressman had its license revoked Friday for violations that included breaking rules against money laundering.
A former Rabobank Groep executive may be barred from the U.S. banking industry over a regulator’s claims that he lied to examiners and concealed information about the Dutch lender’s money-laundering vulnerabilities.
Thanks to innovations in emerging technology, it has become possible to not only significantly accelerate the process of breaking into a new territory, but also to do so seamlessly without the immediate need for any kind of physical presence.
When U.S. authorities shut the sex-ad site Backpage.com last year, financial-crime monitors at an HSBC Holdings Plcoffice in New York sprang into action.
A sealed envelope reported to contain sensitive information and criticism of Swedbank AB has become the centerpiece in the unfolding scandal involving billions of dollars of cash flowing out of Russia through Estonia.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Najib Razak, the former prime minister who sat at the pinnacle of a political machine that dominated Malaysia for more than 60 years, on Wednesday began to face the first of multiple corruption trials stemming from the disappearance of billions in public funds.
Not only has the Trump administration failed to take any concrete action against Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which experts and members of both parties believe Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a hand in, but the administration has gone out of its way to reward the Saudis.
Democrats are talking about re-entering the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if they defeat President Trump next year. At least three challengers—Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren say they’ll do so, and the Democratic National Committee passed a resolution in February calling for a return to the agreement.
Money laundering accounts for up to 5% of global GDP - or $2tn (£1.5tn) - every year, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.