Nordic Fintech Snippets – Funded in March
In March, every single Nordic country saw some significant funding rounds in fintech companies. So significant that Klarna has become the Nordic’s third most valued bank, right after Nordea and DNB.
Besides the impressive news, please also have a look at the event section at the bottom. There are several online events in April, including the first edition of the regular Nordic Fintech Trends series.
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
LVS Brokers listed as the fastest-growing Nordic fintech company by Financial Times
LocalTapiola expands the use of cloud services together with TietoEVRY worth €45 million
Nordea selects AxiomSL to automate regulatory reporting in Nordic countries
Denmark
Danish challenger Kompasbank lands banking licence – FinTech Futures
Kompasbank closes $22.5 Million Series A funding round
Capdesk raises £5m Series A extension led by Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
New enterprise blockchain Concordium raises $15 million
Nordic Fintech Report [EN] – Copenhagen Fintech
Iceland
Digital banking solutions provider Meniga closes additional €10M investment
Íslandsbanki launches carbon tracking app
Sweden
Klarna’s $1 billion funding round is valuing the Swedish firm at $31 billion
Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector
Tink named a Leader by independent research firm in open banking vendor evaluation
Finansinspektionen clarifies obligations for third-party payment service providers
Norway
Opera Hires PayPal’s Former Exec as New EVP for Its Fintech Arm Dify
MiraiEx raised NOK 5 million in a round led by Skyfall
Horde raised NOK 25 million via Dealflow.
Future events
14.4. Nordic Fintech Trends – Denmark
14.4. Meet & Greet with the Finnish Fintech Community
22.4. Helsinki fintech meets Luxembourg
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