Country Senior Executive in Finland Ari Kaperi said on Monday that investments in Panama have only been offered by Nordea’s Luxembourg branch. OP, Danske, S-Pankki, Handelsbanken, FIM and Evli say that they do not offer customers investments in tax havens. OP says, however, that it cannot quarantee yet that this has never happened in the past. According to the Panama papers the newest company set up in Panama is for a client by Nordea is from 2015. According to Nordea there are still around 90 similar companies existing. Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority is discussing with ECB whether it will start an investigation concerning Nordea Finland’s banking operations.

Media:  Helsingin Sanomat (E-edition) 

Date: 6.4.2016

Journalist: Tuomo Pietiläinen, Tuomo Pietiläinen

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