The Laundry

In the world of financial services, a banking license is like the Holy Grail – key to unlocking powerful capabilities like holding deposits, lending, managing mortgage books, and more.

But, there are numerous trials and hurdles standing in the way of obtaining it. And once you do, what about the criminals ready to exploit your shiny new licence?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand is joined by Emma Hagan, soon-to-be UK CEO of Clearbank.

The pair discuss: the hurdles for compliance teams of the application process, what happens once you get a UK...

The Laundry returns for a brand new series of podcasts connecting AML, Compliance, and Financial Crime to the real world.

And, much like the dark money itself, this season: we'll be going global!

Join us for a brand new season starting from September 5th - with expert hosts Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka.

Producer: Matthew Dunne-Miles

Engineer: Dominic Delargy

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The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of f...

To mark the summer season, we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from The Laundry archives!

In this episode, originally published in May 2023, Marit Rødevand is joined by Strise CTO, Patrick Skjennum.

Generative AI is revolutionising the financial industry, from customer service to investment.

CTO Patrick provides real-life examples of how companies are using Generative AI in the financial sector to detect and prevent fraud, the challenges of using data for Generative AI models, and how to ensure transparency and ethical use in financial operations.

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To mark the summer season, we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from The Laundry archives!

In this episode, originally published in February 2023, Marit Rødevand is joined by award-winning author and investigative journalist Oliver Bullough.

London has become a safe haven for the world's wealthiest people to hide their stolen money and spend it with no questions asked. 

Through his books – 'Moneyland' and 'Butler to the World' – Bullough explains how the lack of regulation in the UK has enabled oligarchs, criminals, and kleptocrats to use London's banks to launder...

To mark the summer season, we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from The Laundry archives.

In this episode, originally published in January 2023, Marit Rødevand is joined by Silke Øverby, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Vipps MobilePay.

Leading risk and compliance at one of Europe's largest fintech companies, Silke knows that compliance is more than just a cost centre.

The pair discuss: how compliance functions can help improve customer satisfaction, boost customer loyalty, and reduce the chances of litigation - all while driving business growth.

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To mark the summer season, we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from The Laundry archives.

In this episode, originally published in November 2022, Marit Rødevand is joined by Viveka Strangert, former Chief Compliance Officer at Swedbank, to discuss: how a naive compliance culture opened the doors for money-laundering

In 2020, Viveka was known as the "whistleblower" in a massive money laundering scandal which saw Swedbank fined 4 billion SEK (€389.8m) by Sweden's financial watchdog for severe deficiencies in its AML processes and for withholding information from authorities investigating its role in the scandal.

This season of The Laundry has shown that financial crime touches every aspect of society and life.

We’ve been joined by Chief Compliance Officers, MLROs, Heads of AML, data scientists, consultants, journalists, government officials, presidents, and football club directors - sharing stories of combating dirty money, terror financing, fraud, and corruption.

In this episode, our expert hosts, Marit Rødevand and Fredrik Riiser, are bringing you 11 big lessons on financial crime.

We're bringing you some of the best lessons from this season of the podcast, including: insights on growing fin...

A new player has entered the game in the fight against financial crime.

The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Authority (AMLA) is the new entity aiming to transform AML and CFT supervision in the EU.

AMLA is gearing up to take on the 70% of criminal networks in the EU that use money laundering to fund their activities and conceal their assets.

Will this be the knock-out blow for these criminal gangs?

Our expert host, Fredrik Riiser, is joined by the European Commission's Chiara Bacchi...

The Financial Action Task Force is hugely influential in combatting money laundering and terror financing. 

Their 'black' and 'gray' lists are powerful tools in shutting out bad actors from the world economy but also incentivising countries to fight corruption and dark money in their own systems. 

But what does it feel like to be at the top of an organisation impacting financial regulations, policies, and living standards for people across the world?

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by T. Raja Kumar, President of the Financial Action Task For...

Running the entire compliance operations of a financial institution is no walk in the park. 

Managing a team working to keep customers safe, managing expectations of CEOs and founders, keeping across regulation and sanctions – while trying to stay ahead of criminals looking to funnel dirty money through your service.

Our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by Mitch Trehan, Chief Compliance Officer at Allica Bank, to ask: what does it really take to be a chief compliance officer?

The pair discuss: how the role looks today, the challenges that caus...