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Nordic Fintech Snippets – April 2023

Nordic Fintech Snippets – April

May is here, which means…

Monetizing Open Banking webinar is on this week’s Thursday. Register to hear Open Banking and BaaS business cases from Multitude Bank, eTasku, GF Money and Finshark. Register for free over here.

Nordic Fintech Summit is next week! Nordic’s Premier Fintech Fest comes with 50 speakers, hundreds of industry decision-makers, and many not-to-be-missed side events! If you still don’t have a ticket, you can sign up here.

As usual, we have gathered the most relevant industry news from April for the Nordic Fintech Snippets. Still a bit quiet on the funding side, but still plenty of interesting news, partnerships, and launches.

You can find all the monthly Nordic Fintech Snippets from the past over here.

 

This is Nordic Fintech Snippets, the combined effort of all the Nordic Fintech Hubs, sharing the most important and latest news in fintech and digital finance from each country.

Country specific news

 

Finland

Alphabet leads $100 million investment in AI startup AlphaSense

FinanceKey and Enable Banking Partner to Deliver Real-Time Financial Visibility for Businesses

Epassi expands outside the Nordics – acquires UK’s largest health and fitness network with 11 million employee userbase.

Multitude SE acquires 19.97% of an equity in a leading Finnish financial services comparison platform, Sortter Oy

Membrane Finance Launches EUROe on Arbitrum One

Fellow Bank changes its name. The new name is Alisa Bank.

 

Denmark

Deutsche Boerse offers $4.3 billion for Denmark’s SimCorp

SimCorp signs partnership with Matter to provide investors sustainability insights

Leneo announces new subsidiary in Sweden

MobilePay: Could fees be introduced for using Danish payment app?

Spar Nord signs agreement with MAP Group

Januar has reached a significant milestone by obtaining a Payment Institution License from the Danish FSA

Pocket money app MyMonii expands to Germany

Saxo Bank partners with TRUSTDOCK

Lunar bails out of P2P market

 

Sweden

Finaro, Mastercard, Northmill, and NMI have partnered to introduce Europe’s first Cloud Commerce deployment

Bits Technology bites into €4 million to help fintechs strengthen their identity and AML processes

Polish Cashbene and Swedish Dreams Technology get €10k each as winners of RBL_START Meetup

Mynt secures 100 MSEK financing round led by Vor Capital to boost growth initiatives and support European expansion

Kameo raises SEK 700 million to fund loans to energy-efficient building projects in Sweden

Mangold AB has agreed to buy an additional 18.4 percent stake in KredFin

Klarna introduces new features

Intergiro partners with Incharge

Sweden’s BankID launches digital identity card

SEB and Crédit Agricole launch green-tinged blockchain-based bond platform

ABN Amro rolls out financial literacy app for kids

 

Norway

Reltime joins the Microsoft Global Startups Programme

 

 

 

 

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