US authorities have launched an investigation into The Nordic banks SEB, Swedbank and Danske Bank, due to suspicions of violating anti-money laundering rules, reports Tuesday the Swedish daily Dagens Industri. The US Department of Justice, < a href="javascript:void(0);">FBI and the Federal Police, as well as a federal prosecutor in New York are behind this investigation for non-compliance with money laundering regulations and fraud, he says.

Citing unnamed sources, the Swedish daily reports that Sweden has been approached by US authorities as part of its investigations into a scandal that saw banks Swedbank and Danske Bank fined .

SEB reacted to this information by stating that it was not new to the bank. Swedbank, for its part, said it had already indicated that it was under investigation by US authorities. Danske Bank also stated that the information that it was being investigated in Denmark, in the United States, Estonia and France, was already known and that it worked closely with these authorities.