Tink, a Sweden-based fintech that provides APIs to create next-generation banking services, announced on Friday it has joined forces with digital mailbox provider Kivra to make it “easier” to pay bills and invoices. According to Tink, Kivra’s digital mailbox to more than 3.7 million users… Read More
Swedbank AB, a Nordic-Baltic banking group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is reportedly sponsoring a global hackathon, which will try to find solutions to deal with the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The event, which is scheduled to take place between April 9-12, 2020, aims to be… Read More
Tink has acquired Eurobits Technologies, a provider of account aggregation services working with various banks and Fintechs. Current clients are said to include BBVA, Santander, La Banque Postale, and others. The purchase of Eurobits is expected to strengthen Tink’s bank connectivity coverage and buttress its… Read More
ePassi Payments Oy, a mobile payment solution for employee benefits based in Finland, has acquired its Swedish counterpart ActiWay Ab, according to a release. ActiWay is said to be the market leader for wellness allowance systems in Sweden. ePassi claims to be one of the fastest… Read More
Klarna, a point of sale financing platform, has posted its financial report for full year 2019. According to the numbers, top line revenue rose to SEK 7.1 billion versus year prior of SEK 5.5 billion. The increase in revenue was joined by a net income… Read More
Stranger Pictures has launched the first equity crowdfunding offering for a film in Southeast Asia according to a note from the issuer. The securities offering is listed on global platform FundedByMe in Malaysia. FundedByMe is based in Sweden and is a publicly-traded company. The company… Read More
Northmill, a banking group based in Sweden, announced on Wednesday it has appointed former Klarna product manager, Arash Eftekhari, as its new Chief Product Officer. According to Northmill, Eftekhari will lead product development aiming to strengthen the connection between the product and the user. Northmill… Read More
Swedbank AB, a Nordic-Baltic banking group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has reportedly chosen payment services and infrastructure company SIA to help it send instant payments via the EBA Clearing’s RT1 platform. Swedbank provides retail banking, asset management, and various other financial services. Swedbank has more than… Read More
P.F.C., a Sweden-based payment institution, is reportedly launching a retroactive “buy-now, pay-later” option for customers, in order to easily convert their purchases to a part-payment or installment plan after the transaction. P.F.C. is a personal finance application and a free-of-cost Mastercard introduced in 2018 and… Read More
Northmill, a Fintech based in Sweden, announced on Wednesday it has appointed Mattias Hallgrim as its new CMO. According to Northmill, Hillgrim has more than 20 years of experience from a wide range of leading businesses such as Tradedoubler and Ticketmaster and most recently he… Read More
Northmill, a Fintech based in Sweden, announced on Tuesday the launch of its savings accounts with deposit insurance, called Rebilla Reserve. This news comes just a few months after the company received its banking license from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA or Finansinspektionen). While… Read More
Sweden-headquartered TrueCaller, a company that runs a caller-identification system, is further expanding its financial services business. The firm is piloting a new program to offer credit to small business owners based in India, which reportedly make up around 20 million of the total 140 million… Read More
The central bank of Sweden, the Riksbank, is responsible for promoting the development and maintenance of an efficient and secure payment system. The reserve bank acknowledges that this task may become more challenging if cash is no longer widely accepted as a means of payment… Read More
Sweden-based Online payments company (and bank) Klarna reportedly became Europe’s highest valued Fintech in August 2019 with a market capitalization of around $5.5 billion. Klarna’s management stated on November 26 that it has onboarded 60,000 additional merchants worldwide in 2019, which represents an increase of… Read More
Crowdfunded electric car Uniti has announced pricing for its initial e-vehicle – Uniti One. The Uniti One will be offered initially to buyers in northern Europe, with first deliveries planned in Sweden and the UK for mid-2020. Additional markets will be added progressively in time…. Read More
UK-based Fintech Thought Machine has partnered with Swedish financial group SEB. The agreement will see SEB’s innovation studio SEBx deploy Thought Machine’s cloud-native banking platform, Vault. Though Machine has already secured partnerships with Atom bank, IBM and a major UK bank – last year securing… Read More
Crowdfunding platform Fellow Finance has opened its doors to businesses in need of debt capital in Sweden, according to a note from the company. As of today, SMEs in Sweden may now apply for crowdfunding on the Fellow Finance platform. The company will offer business… Read More
Europe’s Newest Digital Bank Northmill, a Fintech based in Stockholm, Sweden, has just received a banking license from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA or Finansinspektionen). Northmill was founded in 2006 and is “building the bank of tomorrow.” According to a blog post, Northmill applied… Read More
European payments platform Nets announced on Wednesday it has partnered with Sweden payments app, Swish, to launch an in-store payments pilot program. According to Nets, Swiss has mostly been used for account-to-account transact actions and e-commerce payments, The app is now working with Nets to… Read More
Nordea Bank and Fidesmo announced on Thursday they are offering Fidesmo Pay to Nordea Mastercard holders in Sweden. According to the duo, Fidesmo Pay will be available for all customers with the bank’s Mastercard. The companies also revealed: “Wearables that connect with Fidesmo, provided by… Read More
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