SEASON 1 · EPISODE 7 · 20:31
Special Episode 1 - The Ousting of Danske and the Arrival of Swedbank
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 23 February 2019
Episode notes
Following an extraordinary week of developments which saw the removal of Danske from Estonia, its voluntary departure from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia, the launching of an investigation of both Danish and Estonian regulators by the European Banking Authority, the prolonging of an argument between the two regulators by the publication of hitherto private correspondence AND the addition of Swedbank to those embroiled in the laundromat, we've recorded a special episode to talk about all these developments.
And what developments they have been!
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