FILE PHOTO: Danske Bank sign is seen at the bank’s Estonian branch in Tallinn, Estonia August 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
September 23, 2018
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The European Commisssion has asked the European Banking Authority (EBA) to investigate what went wrong in the oversight of Danske Bank’s <DANSKE.CO> Estonian branch, which is at the center of a major money laundering scandal, it said on Sunday, confirming a report in Financial Times.
The Commission has also sent letters, written at the request of justice commissioner Vera Jourova, to the Danish and Estonian governments to ask about the case and its supervision, the spokesman said.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Writing by Teis Jensen; Editing by David Goodman)
