Finance

Swedbank Says SEC Has Closed Six-Year Probe Without Enforcement

A Swedbank AB bank branch in Stockholm.

Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg

Swedbank AB said the Securities and Exchange Commission has closed an investigation into the Swedish lender without enforcement, ending one of three probes in the US over possible money-laundering violations.

“We are placing another investigation of historical shortcomings behind us,” Swedbank Deputy Chief Executive Officer Tomas Hedberg said in a statement Saturday.