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Swedish Open Banking Firm Kreditz Nets Funding From Ingka Investments, Creades
Swedish open banking startup Kreditz has received funding from Ingka Investments, the VC arm of Ingka Group which operates IKEA retail stores, as well as Creades. The investment is part of Kreditz’s latest funding round with investors contributing to a total
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Bottomline Partners in the Nordics Market
Knowit, a Swedish provider of digital services to banks and businesses in the Nordic region, announced a strategic partnership with Bottomline, a global provider of financial technology solutions for business payments and financial messaging. The partnership combines Knowit’s strong local
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Intergiro and Incharge Join Forces to Make Banking Easier for Students in Europe
Stockholm based Intergiro, a Banking as a Service (BaaS) platform, has partnered with Sweden’s financial service provider Incharge to launch a new banking app designed to make financial services easier and more accessible for students in Europe. The Incharge app
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Norwegian Fintech Two Raises €18 Million Series A
Norwegian B2B payment solutions provider Two announced that it has secured €18 million in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funds raised to €28 million. The funding round was led by Shine Capital and Antler with participation from
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Mastercard Acquires Baffin Bay Networks to Strengthen Customer Security
Payment giant Mastercard has acquired Swedish cloud-based cybersecurity company Baffin Bay Networks to add to its multi-layered approach to cybersecurity. The acquisition further strengthens Mastercard’s broader services offerings and value beyond the payment transaction. Baffin Bay Networks’ uses the latest
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Swedish Fintech Zimpler Appoints Chief Product Officer
Zimpler, a Swedish fintech company providing seamless and secure account-to-account payments, announced the appointment of Stefan Andersson as its Chief Product Officer. He will take on the role starting 20 March 2023. In the newly created role, Andersson will lead
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Sweden Leads Nordic Insurtech Scene
With 19 insurtech startups, Sweden is the biggest insurtech market in the Nordics, hosting 60% of all of the region’s insurtech companies, a report by Sollers Consulting, an international operational advisory and software integrator, reveals. The Nordic Insurtech Report, released
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Focalpay Launches Pay by Bank Feature to Retailers and E-Commerce
Stockholm based Focalpay announced the launch of the brand new Pay by Bank, the first combined account-to-account payment and checkout solution on the market. Focalpay is the first software provider in the world that has merged the payment, checkout and
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Swedish Fintech Anyfin Raises €30 Million Series C Funding
Anyfin, the scaleup that enables consumers to refinance existing loans and take control of their financial wellbeing, announced that it has completed a €30 million Series C funding round. The capital will fuel the growth of its business across Europe,
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The Winners of Mastercard Fintech&Impact Lighthouse 2022 Grand Finale
Mastercard has announced the winners of its Lighthouse 2022 Fall Finale at the “Fintech & Impact: Born For This Moment” side event at Slush in Helsinki. Lighthouse is a collaboration network that fosters symbiotic growth between banks, fintechs and Mastercard.
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