Iceland
Iceland’s Landsbankinn and Meniga Transform Payments Landscape Through Open Banking Services
Iceland’s largest bank Landsbankinn announced it is leading the way in Open Banking innovation by becoming the first bank in Iceland to offer its customers Payment Initiation Services (PIS) and Aggregation Services (AIS). The solution is powered by Meniga, a
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Denmark and Iceland Startups Dominate the Nordic Fintech Awards 2022
The Nordic Fintech Awards was held on 27 September 2022 during the annual Nordic Fintech Week organised by Copenhagen Fintech. Nominees for the four Nordic Fintech Award categories were shortlisted based on feedback from fintech communities in the region and
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Norway, Iceland Join Consortium to Develop Payments Pilot for EU Digital ID Wallet
The Nordic-Baltic eID Project (NOBID) is leading a consortium of six countries—Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia and Norway—to deliver a cross-border payments pilot aligned with the aims of the European Commission’s EU digital identity wallet program. The consortium’s proposal to
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Revolut Launches as a Bank in the Nordics
Revolut, a global financial super-app with more than 18 million customers worldwide, has operationalized its Lithuania based European specialised banking licence in 10 European markets. Customers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden who upgrade to
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The Biggest Fintech Funding Rounds of 2021 in the Nordics
The fintech industry in the Nordic region, which comprises Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, saw strong funding growth in 2021 with record deal amounts. Out of the ten biggest funding rounds announced this year, Sweden leads the chart with
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Landsbankinn Chooses Salt Edge to Become PSD2 Compliant
Landsbankinn, the largest Icelandic bank, has joined forces with Salt Edge, a pioneer in open banking, to comply with Icelandic law on the PSD2 legislation. The new Act on Payment Services, which transposes the European PSD2 into Icelandic law, entered
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Rapyd Inks Deal to Acquire Icelandic Payments Firm Valitor for US$100 Million
Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service company, has entered into a definitive agreement with Arion Banki to acquire Valitor, an Icelandic payments solutions company, for US$100 million. The acquisition of Valitor will complement Rapyd’s existing payment capabilities throughout Europe, as well as
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Nordea Taps Meniga’s Cashback Rewards Platform for Its Swedish Customers
Icelandic digital banking and finance solutions developer Meniga has signed a new partnership agreement with Nordea, a financial services groups in the Nordics, to continue the integration of its cashback rewards platform within the latter’s mobile banking app in Sweden.
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Iceland-Born Fintech Meniga Closes €10 Million Investment Round
Meniga, a provider of digital banking solutions founded in Iceland, announced that it has closed a €10 million strategic investment round. The round was led by institutional investors, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures, and Frumtak Ventures. Other participants in the round
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The 9 Hottest and “Coolest” Fintechs in Iceland
Iceland’s financial services industry has changed rapidly over the past couple of years with fintech solutions at the forefront of these changes. Innovative fintech solutions are provided by the three largest commercial banks in the country, namely Landsbankinn, Íslandsbanki, and
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