HALISTER1: Another Nordic Bank Pulls Up Drawbridge on Correspondent Banks

Another Nordic Bank Pulls Up Drawbridge on Correspondent Banks

(Bloomberg) -- Handelsbanken has slashed the number of lenders with which it does correspondent banking by 65% since 2013 amid rising risks, according to Linn Lister, head of AML/KYC and regulations.
  • Handelsbanken has cut ties with around 2,000 correspondent banks, with deepest cuts made from 2013-2015
  • Intention is to minimize chances of being used for money laundering and financing of terrorism and “to have a lower general risk exposure with a more efficient and robust group of correspondents,” thereby reducing transfer and political risk “in certain jurisdictions”
  • Handelsbanken exited relationships “which we were not feeling comfortable with or ones that weren’t contributing to our (customers’) core business(es),” Lister says
  • NOTE: April 11, SEB Says Banking Network Shields Baltic Ops From Deutsche Exit; March 24, Nordea Cuts Correspondent Banking in Half as High Risk Area

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