AMSTERDAM, VIENNA — European regulators pressed the region’s banks for details of their offshore business dealings, as two senior bankers on Thursday resigned over allegations arising from the Panama document leak.Britain’s financial watchdog had sent letters asking banks and other financial companies to disclose any ties to Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, said a person with knowledge of the situation. Swiss regulator Finma said it would also investigate "suspicious" connections unearthed by the Panama Papers."The leaked database from Panama is just the latest proof of how money flows like water through multiple jurisdictions, sometimes for legitimate purposes, sometimes not," Finma director Mark Branson said.Media reports this week, based on millions of documents leaked from Mossack Fonseca, revealed how its lawyers, including a Geneva team, worked with Credit Suisse Group, UBS Group, and other banks to create offshore shell companies for world leaders, athletes and other rich cli...
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