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Nordic Fintech Snippets – November 2021

Nordic Fintech Snippets – November

During November, many partnerships across the Nordics were established. We also witnessed a few massive acquisitions. The funding side was a bit more silent, but perhaps it’s just quiet before the storm.

 

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

Fellow Finance has entered a partnership with Enterpay

Yonoton Partners with ReceiptHero

Wolt acquired by DoorDash for €7 billion

Automated Expense Company Bezala Teams With ReceiptHero on Digital Receipts

Gee Finance partners with Enfuce to issue debit cards for freelancers, social media influencers and gig workers

Heeros to acquire Taimer

RegTech company Iconicchain raised € 1 million to scale its blockchain-based compliance solution

 

Denmark

Abillio partners with Aiia to scale operations and save time on routine tasks

Female Invest raises £3.3m in recent funding round

Launch of Smart Pay breaks the monopoly which Danish banks have had on payments since ‘the dawn of time’

 

 

Iceland

Meniga wins Most Authentic ESG at the FF Awards

 

 

 

Sweden

Klarna’s €930m acquisition is a step towards ‘Google for shopping’

Klarna’s super app launch kicks off transformation from payments platform into end-to-end shopping hub

Klarna launches in Ireland

Moody’s Acquires Bogard, Expanding KYC Coverage for Politically Exposed Persons

Borgo selects Vilja Deposit to enable their unique savings offering

Swedish lending platform Näktergal cooks up €1 million, plans further expansion across Europe

Trustly signs Ikea for Open Banking payments

 

Norway

Huawei partners with Open Banking FinTech Neonomics

Bank Norwegian enters Germany

 

 

 

Future events

14.-18.2. STHLM Fintech Week

24.3. Nordic Fintech Summit

 

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