Nordic Fintech Snippets – June
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As usual, we have gathered the most relevant industry news from June, which was an extremely busy month from new launches and partnerships to acquisitions, and saw a slight increase in the number of investments.
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
EUROe Is Now Available through Woorton’s OTC Infrastructure
Nets Finland launches pan-European payment terminal Npay
Coinmotion partners Fenergo to streamline AML compliance procedures
Enable Banking and Monthia partnership announced
Enfuce and SEB Embedded partner to launch next-generation card programmes
Enfuce unveils radical brand evolution to raise the bar on brand creativity and purpose in fintech
Aleksi Lehtonen has been appointed President and CEO of Aktia
Nordea appoint former PM Katainen as public affairs unit chief
FIN-FSA prohibits Ermitage Partners Oy from providing investment services without authorisation
Financial watchdog investigating S-Bank operations
Denmark
Startup of the week: DoLand at Heartland – new investment, new business leg
Danish neobank raises EUR 12 million to expand business lending and platform development
Northstake Raises $3M to Boost Institutional Crypto Staking
Januar Introduces API Webhooks
Januar now supports operational transactions
Mastercard and Subaio launch subscriptions control solution
Danske Bank partners Infosys to support its digital transformation
Lunar launches its Nordic account infrastructure
Uniify and Scrive join forces to enhance the customer onboarding process
Sweden
Kryptoskatt Attracts Strategic Investments from Binance Labs and Gate Labs
Mitigram secures fresh investment, names temporary CEO
Brite Payments expands in Belgium
Axfood is advancing in the development of payments and financial services
Navian acquires Pepins and creates a unique solution for alternative investments
SEB to acquire AirPlus to create a leading European provider in corporate payments
P27 and Bankgirot in collaboration to secure current and future Swedish payment infrastructure
Borgo launches partnership with Lysa Sparkonto Auto leveraging Vilja Platform
Froda, Lunar, and Visa augment SMEs with card-based embedded loans
Safello partners with Januar to broaden its financial infrastructure
Sipay and Sileon launch a new BNPL solution in Spain
Tink will embed ecolytiq’s solution into its platform to scale sustainability-based services
BNP Paribas Personal Finance selects Vilja Platform to power their next-generation deposit offerings
Klarna goes live in Romania with its ‘Pay in 3’ offering
Klarna helps users make more informed purchasing decisions
Intrum has issued SEK 1.5 billion notes
Nordax Bank AB (publ) changes name to NOBA Bank Group AB (publ)
Söderberg & Partners raise £171m to support expansion
Storskogen successfully issues bonds of SEK 2 billion
Norway
Gjensidige Mobility Group invests in smarter payments for the car industry
Simplifai launches world-first generative AI tool for insurance
Gjensidige has agreed to acquire PenSam Forsikring A/S in Denmark
Stacc expands mortgage loan initiative to Sweden
Neonomics equips the Finnish Red Cross with Open Banking donations
Neonomics and Spense gear up to streamline open banking payments in the Automotive Industry
ZTL Payment Solution raises €1.2m
Iceland
Meet Luci: Your AI-powered copilot
Lucinity and Neterium Partner to Provide Real-Time Transaction and Counterparty Screening
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