Tagged: nordic region

July 20, 2024 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

valantic FSA announced it has agreed with Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) to develop Nasdaq Rates Trader, a new web-based user interface for Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic fixed income markets. The new UI will give access to Nasdaq’s data and trading functionality “with a modern and intuitive… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 12:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billhop AB, a card-enablement platform, is collaborating with Eurocard, a card issuer in the Nordics. The partnership will is expected to allow corporate clients within the Nordic region to pay any bill or invoice with Eurocard’s virtual cards. This payment approach enables businesses “to take… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the announcement of Ireland as our MiCA entity location, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are pleased to announce that they are strengthening our presence in Benelux and the Nordics, a key market for Coinbase. This move underscores Coinbase‘s increased commitment to continental Europe. Elke Karskens will reportedly… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Safello, the crypto exchange in the Nordics, announces the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay, “expanding its payment options and providing customers with a seamless and secure method to purchase cryptocurrencies.” Following Safello’s recent agreement with Worldpay, “enabling the processing of card payments for… Read More

August 16, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tietoevry is pleased to announce its collaboration with The Savings Banks Group Finland in order “to renew its lending platform, where Tietoevry’s Lending Suite, the leading credit solution in the Nordic markets, will serve as the foundation.” This strategic partnership is part of “a broader… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (SPK) has announced a contract agreement with Mambu, a cloud banking platform, and Knowit, a Nordics-based digital consultancy. The partnership is set “to modernize SPK’s housing loan solution, allowing the institution to build a flexible, user-friendly, and complete component-based… Read More

June 27, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosys (NYSE: INFY), which claims to be a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced that it has signed a strategic collaboration with Danske Bank, a Nordic Bank, to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation initiatives with speed and scale. This collaboration will help… Read More

June 12, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lunar opens up infrastructure to enable instant payments in the Nordics. Strong demand from both national and international payment players “drives Lunar to open up its Nordic payment infrastructure to partners.” Starting August 1st Swedish Fintech Trustly will be the first partner “to tap into… Read More

June 9, 2023 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In recent years, Danske Bank has made fundamental changes to the bank, resulting in a more focused business with a reduced risk level and a strengthened organization. Simultaneously they have “focused on strengthening our commercial momentum, and Danske Bank is on a clear trajectory to… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neonomics, a Nordic open banking provider, has expanded the launch of their core open banking driven Checkout solution to the Danish market. This payment solution makes it easy for any business “to get started with account-to-account payments through a frictionless front-end user interface, delivering higher… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ingka Investments has made a minority investment together with Creades in Swedish based credit information startup called Kreditz, a Nordic market leader in credit scoring and verification services based on Open Banking and PSD2 data. The investment is “part of Kreditz’s latest funding round with… Read More

March 21, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mars Growth Capital, a joint venture between MUFG and Liquidity Group, announced their first Nordic deal, with a $5 million funding in Kognity, an edtech company headquartered in Sweden. Kognity offers a digital teaching and learning platform “used by more than 140,000 students in 1,300… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SEB is entering a strategic partnership with the insurance provider Hedvig, a Nordic insurtech-company within property insurance for private individuals. As part of this, SEB Venture Capital is “making a strategic investment in Hedvig in conjunction with a financing round led by Adelis Equity.” Jonas… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

“Pioneering” issuer processing powerhouse, Enfuce, announced a new partnership with Orka Ventures, the Nordic-Czech fintech holding company, “to launch Orka Card, a new consumer lending card and mobile app that challenges the traditional understanding of ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) lending.” Until now, Orka Ventures… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nordic open banking provider, Neonomics, has decided to support UNICEF Norway in order “to make donating this holiday period easier and more secure by harnessing the power of open banking payments.” The holiday period is “the most important time of year for charities, but with… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After delivering some innovative solutions for FedNow in the US and MEPS+ in Singapore, PaymentComponents delivers a P27 solution for the Nordics. Enhancing its Finaplo Financial messaging solution with P27 payments “allows banks in the area to alleviate the burden of transitioning to this new… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copenhagen has a strong fintech ecosystem and a “leading” position among fintech hubs globally, according to an update from Mastercard (NYSE: MA). The hub connects both start-ups, established companies and organizations “focusing on innovation and new opportunities.” Mastercard is “committed to empowering the growing fintech… Read More

August 24, 2022 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB) is recruiting Nicklas Lundh, from the Swedish Police, and Ravi Shankar Sharma, Head of Intelligence Development, Investigations and Analytics at Nordea, to jointly “lead a new Financial Intelligence unit within SEB’s Financial Crime Prevention unit (FCP).” Nicklas Lundh and Ravi… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enfuce is pleased to confirm an extended partnership with Mastercard (NYSE: MA) in order to expand the company’s Card as a Service platform in the Nordics. Through the partnership, Mastercard powers Card as a Service “with tokenized multi-currency BINs in the Nordics, enabling Enfuce’s customers… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Via Enfuce’s “turnkey” service, NBX can offer credit and debit cards “with loyalty-boosting crypto rewards.” NBX, which claims to be the “leading” Nordic crypto exchange, has selected Enfuce, one of Europe’s major Fintech companies, “as its card service provider.” The partnership allows NBX “to offer… Read More