Dutch online bank Bunq fined for sloppy money laundering controls

Dutch online bank Bunq has received a fine of 2.6 million euros ($3.04 million) for failures in its money laundering controls. Credits: Reuters

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch online bank Bunq has received a fine of 2.6 million euros ($3.04 million) for failures in its money laundering controls, Dutch central bank DNB said on Monday.

DNB said Bunq was fined in May for “serious shortcomings in money laundering controls” in the period between January 2021 and May 2022.

It said Bunq had appealed the fine.

($1 = 0.8544 euros)


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