Bank Secrecy Rules Get a Rethink After Danske Laundering Shock

Danske Bank A/S is turning into a case study for European regulators, legislators and bankers to rethink fundamental assumptions about how the finance industry should operate.

First up is the principle that bank clients should be protected by secrecy laws. The sheer scale of the Danske money-laundering scandal means those rules may now get a review. The financial regulator in Denmark, the bank’s home, has started lobbying counterparts elsewhere for a broader discussion.

Source: Bank Secrecy Rules Get a Rethink After Danske Laundering Shock – Bloomberg