Ikano Bank is a licensed bank offering deposit accounts, loans, and other banking products to corporate clients, making it subject to Retail Banking supervision despite the enforcement action focusing on AML/CFT compliance failures.
Low confidence — REQUIRES HUMAN REVIEW. This is a compliance enforcement action with no investment, lending-specific, or asset management dimension; Investment Services does not apply.
Specialism
The update directly addresses systemic failures in AML/CTF compliance, including inadequate risk assessments, deficient customer due diligence procedures, and failure to incorporate terrorist financing risk factors—all core AML/CTF regulatory obligations.
Mandatory inheritance: AML/CTF violations constitute Financial Crime, which must be raised as the secondary tag per the tagging logic protocol.
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TITLE: Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority Issues Administrative Fine to Ikano Bank for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
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On June 17, 2026, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) issued Ikano Bank AB (Ikano) an administrative fine of 140 million Swedish kronor and a remark for violations of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations.
Finansinspektionen conducted an investigation into Ikano's compliance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act (2017:630). The investigation identified multiple breaches. Ikano failed to conduct a separate, comprehensive and realistic assessment of how its products—including loans, deposit accounts, invoice purchases, factoring, and leasing offered to corporate clients—could be misused for terrorist financing. The bank also did not adequately consider risk factors linked to corporate customers or incorporate information from authorities regarding money laundering and terrorist financing risks into its general risk assessment. These deficiencies prevented Ikano from designing a general risk assessment that could serve as a basis for procedures, guidelines and measures to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. Additionally, Finansinspektionen found that Ikano failed to implement enhanced customer due diligence measures necessary to obtain adequate knowledge about customers associated with high money laundering and terrorist financing risks.
Finansinspektionen determined that the violations did not warrant withdrawal of Ikano's banking authorisation or issuance of a warning. The authority issued the remark accompanied by the administrative fine as an adequate intervention. Ikano holds authorisation to conduct banking business under the Banking and Financing Business Act (2004:297).
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Finansinspektionen. "Ikano Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine." June 17, 2026. https://www.fi.se/en/published/news/2026/ikano-bank-receives-a-remark-and-an-administrative-fine/
Ikano Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine | Finansinspektionen A stable, well-functioning financial market for all Svenska Subscribe Our registers Applying and reporting × Search help Consumer protection Stability Sustainability Banking Payments Insurance Markets Published News & Published Material FI Play Reports Consultation Responses Legal positions Sanctions Financial firms 2026 Ikano Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine Financial reporting supervision Statistics Memos and Decisions Presentations About FI Subscribe Our registers Applying and reporting Svenska Consumer protection Stability Sustainability Banking Payments Insurance Markets Published About FI Start Published Sanctions Financial firms Ikano Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine 2026-06-17 | Sanctions Money laundering Bank The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) issues Ikano Bank AB (Ikano) a remark and an administrative fine of 140 million kronor for violations of anti–money laundering regulations. Swedish Subscribe Share this page Ikano Bank AB (Ikano or the bank) has authorisation to conduct banking business in accordance with the Banking and Financing Business Act (2004:297). Pursuant to its authorisation, the bank offers, among other things, loans, deposit accounts, invoice purchases, factoring, and leasing. Finansinspektionen has investigated in part Ikano’s compliance with the provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Act (2017:630) governing measures against money laundering and terrorist financing. The investigation shows that the bank has been in violation of several of these provisions. With regard to the general risk assessment, Ikano has not conducted a separate, comprehensive and realistic assessment of how the products it offers to corporate clients could be misused for terrorist financing and the extent of the risks of this occurring. Neither has the bank considered risk factors that have a clear link to such corporate customers of the bank. Ikano also has not considered information from authorities about risks and methods of money laundering and terrorist financing in the required manner in a general risk assessment. Due to these deficiencies, Ikano has also not designed the general risk assessment so it can serve as a basis for the bank’s procedures, guidelines and other measures to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. Finansinspektionen furthermore notes that Ikano also has not implemented the enhanced customer due diligence measures necessary to gain adequate knowledge about customers associated with a high risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. There are no grounds on which to refrain from intervening against Ikano. The violations are not so serious that there is cause to consider withdrawing the bank’s authorisation or issuing the bank a warning. Finansinspektionen is therefore issuing Ikano a remark that, in order to be an adequate intervention, will be accompanied by an administrative fine of SEK 140 million. Share email twitter linkedin facebook Start Published Sanctions Financial firms Published News & Published Material FI Play Reports Consultation Responses Legal positions Sanctions Financial firms 2026 Ikano Bank receives a remark and an administrative fine Financial reporting supervision Statistics Memos and Decisions Presentations Contact us FI’s Innovation Center About fi.se Visiting address Sveavägen 44, Stockholm linkedin youtube facebook facebook About fi.se About cookies