Tag: Nordics
Why indó’s founders aim to create “the least powerful bank in...
On the back of closing a €1m seed round, Icelandic challenger bank indó is almost ready to go live.
Tink integrates with Nordea’s Nordic app to deliver personalised financial overviews...
Open banking startup Tink has integrated its software into Nordea’s mobile banking app to deliver a personalised financial overview for the bank’s customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
Contactless payments are picking up speed in the Nordics because of...
The Nordics are already at the forefront of cashless payment solutions. Now social distancing rules have fuelled the growth of contactless payment by 12 percentage points in the region in the first four months of 2020, according to payments company Nets.
FinTech investment in the Nordics had a strong start to 2020...
FinTech companies in the Nordics raised $321.6m in the first quarter of the year with Klarna and Tink closing large investments The FinTech industry...
Nordic neobank Lunar extends Series B round to add €20m to...
Challenger banks in the Nordics are on the rise with Danish Lunar being the latest neobank to fill its coffers.
Is Swedish RegTech finally coming into its own?
Sweden’s RegTech scene has been slow to emerge. While its starting to wake up, it still has many challenges to overcome.
This is how internet payment methods differ around Europe
While the UK and France may prefer credit cards and e-wallets, the rest of Europe would rather pay other ways when buying things online.
Swedbank hires new chief risk officer to improve money laundering protection
Swedish lender Swedbank has named Rolf Marquardt as its new chief risk officer as the bank doubles down on its efforts to strengthen its anti-money laundering (AML) structures after the Danske Bank scandal.
Nine out of ten Swedish FinTechs look to recruit new talent...
The Swedish FinTech ecosystem has ambition to become a global leader. However, companies in the region struggle to find the right staff.
Swedbank investigation finds potential money laundering incident
A money laundering investigation into Swedbank has found that transactions totalling around $4.8m constitute as sanction violations.