MADRID: Spanish lender Banco Madrid said it was launching insolvency proceedings on Monday after clients rushed to withdraw their money when its Andorran mother company was hit by a money-laundering scandal.

Regulators in Andorra on March 10 took control of Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) after US authorities said they suspected it of letting international criminal groups launder money.

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