After SVT's Assignment Review, in February 2019, revealed that Swedbank may have been used for money laundering in the Baltics for many years, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) announced in March this year that the bank would be penalized with paying SEK 4 billion in penalty fees. The bank knew about the money laundering and also withheld information for FI.

A similar disclosure about SEB did Assignment review in collaboration with TT in November 2019. After FI has now examined the bank's operations, it is expected during the day to announce what consequences SEB will have.

Can get fines of five billion

According to SVT's economics reporter Peter Rawet, there is much reason for SEB to impose penalties (fines).

What message is FI expected to give today?

The question is just how big the amount will be. They risk paying a maximum of ten percent of their turnover, which is around SEK 5 billion. If you get fined you also get warnings - which Swedbank also received. Or they only get warnings, which most people do not believe.

Why is this case special?

- It's about huge sums of money. Then it is serious that it has been going on for so many years without being caught up by neither the bank's own system nor the reviewing authorities.

How does SEB differ from Swedbank?

- We don't quite know that yet. Questions that we hope FI will answer today are whether SEB has deliberately withheld information in the same way Swedbank did. After all, Swedbank had done internal investigations which showed that they were involved in money laundering which they then darkened, which FI told when they got Swedbank their billionaire.

Which bank has made the biggest mistake, SEB or Swedbank?

- Hard to say, but there is a lot of evidence that Swedbank is still leading the match as they have, for example, a former CEO who is suspected of fraud - which SEB does not have.