Alarming experiences with SEB Estonia. Disaster and arrogance
A payment expressly authorised by the customer was blocked, even though the transaction was completely transparent, properly documented and legally unobjectionable. All relevant information was provided, with no unusual structures or unclear recipients.
SEB suggested to the customer that the transaction might be an attempt at fraud, which is difficult to understand given our clean business history spanning more than 15 years. Even more disturbing than the action itself was SEB's refusal to explain why an authorised payment was not executed, citing only general references to internal reviews and compliance.
We know from similar cases in the past that legal clarification is sometimes necessary to achieve transparency, which we already succeeded in doing in 2024 in a similar case with a final EU ruling.








