Sweden

Swedish Watchdog To Publish Results Of Swedbank Probe In 2020

Swedish Watchdog To Publish Results Of Swedbank Probe In 2020
Swedish Watchdog To Publish Results Of Swedbank Probe In 2020
August 23, 2019  |  AML

There won’t be any answers until next year regarding the ongoing investigation of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) and money laundering in the Baltics,...

READ MORE >
Swish Teams With Nets To Test In-Store Mobile Payments
Swish Teams With Nets To Test In-Store Mobile Payments
July 03, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Payments company Nets announced that it is partnering with Swish, the number one payments app in Sweden, on an in-store payments pilot program. Get the...

READ MORE >
Is Sweden Proof There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Digital Payment Success?
Is Sweden Proof There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Digital Payment Success?
May 31, 2019  |  Cash

Usually when we’re telling a story at PYMNTS about expectations for a product being radically divergent from its actual performance, it is a story about...

READ MORE >
Appeal Over Swedbank Money Laundering Complaint Is Denied In Sweden
Appeal Over Swedbank Money Laundering Complaint Is Denied In Sweden
May 15, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The appeal of an investor who campaigns against corruption in the banking industry was rejected by Sweden on Wednesday (May 15), according to a report...

READ MORE >
Central Bank Asks Swedish Legislators To Review Concept Of Cash
Central Bank Asks Swedish Legislators To Review Concept Of Cash
April 29, 2019  |  Cash

Sweden’s central bank has asked the country’s lawmakers to define “the concept of legal tender,” and the role it plays in an increasingly digitized society,...

READ MORE >
Sweden’s Financial Regulator: ‘We Can Do More’ On Bank Oversight
Sweden’s Financial Regulator: ‘We Can Do More’ On Bank Oversight
March 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Sweden’s financial regulator, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, said it needs to pick up its oversight of Swedish banks when it comes to money laundering....

READ MORE >
Sweden’s Cashless Drive Hits A Speed Bump
Sweden’s Cashless Drive Hits A Speed Bump
November 22, 2018  |  Digital Payments

In Sweden, the move to a cashless society has been marked by a quickened pace. Might there be speed bumps ahead, though? The New York Times...

READ MORE >
SWIFT Disconnects From Iran’s Banks
SWIFT Disconnects From Iran’s Banks
November 08, 2018  |  B2B Payments

SWIFT has given the nod to U.S. sanctions against Iran and cut off dozens of Iranian banks from the financial messaging service — leaving Iran...

READ MORE >
PayPal-iZettle Deal Probed By UK Regulators
PayPal-iZettle Deal Probed By UK Regulators
September 21, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As reported by the Financial Times on Friday (Sept. 21), the United Kingdom’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority said, in what is known...

READ MORE >