Tagged: nordic

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

December 8, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Capchase, a provider of non-dilutive capital for recurring-revenue companies, will expand to Denmark, Sweden, and Finland, the company announced this week. Commensurate hiring to staff the growth will soon begin. The move builds on Capchase’s customer growth in the Nordics since launching in Europe in… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic challenger bank Lunar has reportedly secured €40 million through its Series C funding round. The latest round of funding comes just months after Lunar raised an additional €20 million through its extended Series B, bringing the funding round’s total amount to €46 million raised…. Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic challenger bank Lunar announced this week it has launched banking accounts specifically for teenagers. The launch of the accounts comes two months after the company raised an additional €20 million through its extended Series B, bringing the funding round’s total amount to €46 million… Read More

May 15, 2020 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced on Friday it has joined forces with Nordic banking group Nordea to enable multiple banking for mobile app customers According to Tink, the integration will deliver a personalized financial overview for the… Read More

April 3, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic challenger bank Lunar announced on Friday it secured an additional €20 million through its extended Series B, bringing the funding round’s total amount to €46 million raised. Seed Capital Denmark reportedly led the investment round with participation from Greyhound, Socii, and Augustinus. Founded in 2015,… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Subaio has launched its subscription management service at several Nordic banks, including Bulder Bank, a new challenger bank. The Subaio product provides users an overview of their subscriptions and the recurring payment schedules. The solution allows users to make changes to their subscriptions or cancel… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Six Nordic banks will be funding the development of an international real-time payments system as part of the P27 collective. Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Nordea, OP Financial Group, SEB and Swedbank have reportedly finalized a shareholders’ agreement, formulated a business plan, and agreed to make investments… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 8:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Friday it has expanded of its digital payment services within the Nordic retail market. Wirecard reported that thanks to its services, major retailers in the region, including Nymans Ur, Royal Design, Svenssons i Lammhult,… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 5:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced on Wednesday it has join forces with banking group SDC to provide 120 Nordic banks access to account aggregation and payment initiation services. According to Tink, the access will allow the banks to… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

European financial group Nordea announced on Tuesday it has expanded its digital payment offering by adding Google Pay. According to Nordea, customers in all Nordic countries can now use Google Pay at contactless payment terminals and in apps and online stores. All Nordea’s consumer cards and Nordea First… Read More

January 9, 2013 @ 7:49 am By ArcticStartUp  |  

FundedByMe has expanded from their native Sweden and launched their equity crowdfunding platform in Finland. The company also offers the more traditional rewards-based crowdfunding platform (think Kickstarter), but equity crowdfunding offers some interesting new opportunities to startup companies by allowing them to raise money by selling… Read More

January 2, 2013 @ 6:39 am By ArcticStartUp  |  

Is that €50 bill Grandma slipped into your Christmas card burning a hole in your pocket? There are a decent amount of crowdfunding projects going on in the Nordics and Baltics, and here are a few that may spark your interest. Also if you have… Read More