Fintech Nordics

12/01/2024

This will enable Danske Bank to offer its customers a continuously improved digital customer experience, as the enhanced flexibility allows it to tailor its business operations around customer journeys.

https://fintechnordics.com/7263/fintechdenmark/backbase-wins-danske-bank-to-enhance-its-digital-customer-experience/

Backbase, the global leader in Engagement Banking, has made an agreement with Danske Bank, a leading Nordic bank based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

12/01/2024

Cloud migration, accelerating real-time payments, and fraud mitigation among the numerous issues banks will have to contend with in 2024.

https://fintechnordics.com/7096/various/banking-in-2024-global-challenges-europes-focus-and-innovation-path/

2024 will feature busy product roadmaps for financial institutions but expect it to be a year of driving innovation and developing best practices.

22/12/2023

Here's your chance to catch up with our year-end articles, see you in the new year!

https://fintechnordics.com/7218/various/year-end-message-to-our-readers-offline-from-22nd-december-to-2nd-january/

Fintech News Africa would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.

19/12/2023

Real-time rails and mitigating fraud risk are the top two pain points of implementing cross-border payments in Europe.

https://fintechnordics.com/7096/various/banking-in-2024-global-challenges-europes-focus-and-innovation-path/

2024 will feature busy product roadmaps for financial institutions but expect it to be a year of driving innovation and developing best practices.

19/12/2023

This investment aims to strengthen Insurely’s position as an open finance provider for insurance and pension solutions in Europe.

https://fintechnordics.com/7208/fintechsweden/swedish-insurtech-startup-insurely-secures-e8-million-funding/

This investment aims to strengthen Insurely’s position as the leading open finance provider for insurance and pension solutions in Europe.

19/12/2023

Total funding in Meniga to date amounts to €55 million.

https://fintechnordics.com/7198/fintechiceland/meniga-raises-e15-million-series-d/

Meniga announced that it has raised €15 million in Series D funding. Total funding in Meniga to date amounts to €55 million.

12/12/2023

Digital and cloud transformation, real-time payments and ISO 20022 are the top priorities for European BFSI professionals in 2024, according to the report
https://fintechnordics.com/7096/various/banking-in-2024-global-challenges-europes-focus-and-innovation-path/

with Bottomline Technologies

2024 will feature busy product roadmaps for financial institutions but expect it to be a year of driving innovation and developing best practices.

08/12/2023

Transfer Galaxy and Intergiro have partnered to launch a cross-border digital banking experience that will make it easier for foreign born nationals and digital nomads to send money abroad.

https://fintechnordics.com/7140/fintechsweden/swedish-transfer-galaxy-and-intergiro-partner-to-offer-better-remittance-solutions/

Transfer Galaxy and Intergiro have partnered to launch a seamless cross-border digital banking experience that will make it easier for foreign born nationals and digital nomads to send money abroad.

07/12/2023

TrueLayer becomes the inaugural major partner to leverage Lunar’s Banking Services.

https://fintechnordics.com/7127/fintechdenmark/lunar-and-truelayer-team-up-to-improve-nordic-instant-payments-options/

Lunar is joining forces with TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking payments network, to redefine the payments landscape across Denmark, Sweden and Norway. This collaboration will enhance TrueLayer’s instant payment capabilities in the Nordics through seamless integration with Lunar’s paymen...

06/12/2023

This funding, following Enfuce’s successful €45 million Series C round in 2021 and brings Enfuce funding to a total of €62m to date.

https://fintechnordics.com/7119/fintechfinland/finlands-enfuce-secures-e8-5-million-additional-investment-for-germany-and-france-expansion/

Enfuce announced today an €8.5m follow-on investment round, led by Vitruvian Partners with participation from Maki.vc and Visa, a world leader in digital payments. This follows Enfuce’s €45m Series C funding round initiated in 2021. Enfuce has raised a total of €62m to date.

30/11/2023

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28/11/2023

Bottomline has identified three key findings in the report that are essential to understand as we enter the new year. They also highlight the different priorities and pain points across the regions globally covered.

https://fintechnordics.com/7096/various/banking-in-2024-global-challenges-europes-focus-and-innovation-path/

2024 will feature busy product roadmaps for financial institutions but expect it to be a year of driving innovation and developing best practices.

13/11/2023

This signifies a significant breakthrough in the realm of open banking within Iceland.

https://fintechnordics.com/7060/fintechiceland/icelands-landsbankinn-and-meniga-transform-payments-landscape-through-open-banking-services/

Iceland’s largest bank Landsbankinn today announces it is leading the way in Open Banking innovation by becoming the first bank in Iceland to offer its customers Payment Initiation Services (P*S) and Aggregation Services (AIS).

13/11/2023

This acquisition is in line with the strategy of both groups: to reinforce IN Groupe’s role as European leader in digital identity, and further strengthen the position of Nexi as the leading European PayTech.

https://fintechnordics.com/7084/fintechdenmark/french-in-groupe-takes-over-danish-digital-id-service-from-nexi/

Nexi has entered into an agreement with IN Groupe, a specialist in identity and secure digital services, who will take over the ownership of the eID business.

06/11/2023

With its EMI license, Jifiti is able to serve the growing needs of its bank, lender, financial services and merchant clients with a broader scope of payment products and services.

https://fintechnordics.com/7051/fintechsweden/jifiti-granted-electronic-money-institution-emi-license-in-europe/

Jifiti, a global leader in white-labeled embedded lending, today announced that it has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license in Europe, following the Swedish regulator’s rigorous review and qualification process.

25/10/2023

Sweden's Brite Payments just raised $60 million in instant payment fintech. Dive into the details in our latest newsletter. Read now 👉 https://bit.ly/3SdVEXR

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23/10/2023

the report discusses the changing conditions for the fintech industry in Sweden, noting that while 2021 was a record year for the sector with abundant capital and a focus on growth, there is now an increasing demand for profitability.

https://fintechnordics.com/7031/fintechsweden/swedish-fintech-startups-feel-the-funding-contraction/

In Sweden, fintech companies are finding it more difficult to secure funding, noting that investors have adopted a more cautious approach amid economic uncertainties, geopolitical turmoil and soaring inflation. But despite the challenging venture funding landscape, fintech entrepreneurs remain confi...

10/10/2023

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06/10/2023

The Finnish deposit market gets more competition as fintech company Saldo Bank opens banking operations in Finland at the beginning of October.

https://fintechnordics.com/7008/fintechfinland/neo-bank-saldo-bank-opens-banking-operations-in-finland/

The Finnish deposit market gets more competition as fintech company Saldo Bank opens banking operations in Finland at the beginning of October.

05/10/2023

Brite Payments will use the fresh funding to accelerate its geographic expansion, strengthen its presence in existing markets, and invest further in product development.

https://fintechnordics.com/6998/fintechsweden/swedens-instant-payment-fintech-brite-raises-60-million/

Brite Payments, a leader in instant bank payments, today announced a $60 million funding round led by specialist B2B software investor Dawn Capital and joined by Headline and existing investor Incore. Brite leverages open banking to offer businesses easy-to-integrate, instant account-to-account (A2A...

28/09/2023

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27/09/2023

some of the world’s largest payment firms are ramping up efforts to deliver new and innovative products for faster, more efficient and more secure business transactions.

https://fintechnews.ch/moneytransfer/payment-incumbents-ramp-up-b2b-payment-innovation-efforts/63678/

The world’s largest payment firms and payment networks are ramping up efforts to deliver new and innovative products for faster, more efficient and more secure business transactions.

22/09/2023

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11/09/2023

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06/09/2023

It will focus on startups in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, where Antler already has offices, as well as tapping into the Finnish market, where it will open an incubator next year.

https://sifted.eu/articles/antler-announces-50m-first-close-of-nordic-fund-news

Layoffs and economic downturn spur former tech employees to apply to Antler in the Nordics — but with less of a cash incentive than before

03/07/2023

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27/06/2023

Placera Media is now investing SEK 15 million in StockRepublic, which among other things has built the new and relaunched Placera Forum.

https://fintechnordics.com/6845/fintechsweden/swedens-social-trading-platform-stockrepuplic-secured-sek-15-million-from-placera-media/

Placera Media is investing in StockRepublic, which is world leading in services and functionality within the area of Social Trading.

09/06/2023

The investment will enable Mitigram to move into its next phase of growth, executing its product roadmap, maximising the Software as a Service opportunity and drive further competitive advantage through network scaling.

https://fintechnordics.com/6810/fintechsweden/swedish-trade-financing-fintech-mitigram-raises-11m/

Mitigram, the leading digital platform in global trade financing, today announces it has secured an additional $11m from its latest funding round.

05/06/2023

Bolt Food stop operations in Sweden