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Meet the minds shaping the future of payments at NextGen Nordics

The rapidly evolving world of payments is being shaped by some of the brightest minds across industries, and this year’s NextGen Nordics event on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden is set to be a pivotal moment in exploring how the sector is advancing. Attendees will have the rare opportunity to engage with leading figures driving innovation, digital transformation, and the future of financial services in the Nordic region.

04 April 2025

News/payments

Exciting lineup revealed: Meet the first 10 speakers for NextGen Nordics

The Nordic payments ecosystem is among the most innovative and forward-thinking in the world. As digital payments continue to evolve and transform the financial landscape, it is crucial to have experts who can guide and shape this transformation. The following individuals — confirmed speakers for NextGen Nordics 2025 at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 April 2025 —are recognised leaders in the Nordic payments industry, and their expertise makes them the best speakers on trends within this space.

12 March 2025

Company announcement/payments

Enfuce, SEB Embedded, and Humla launch co-branded grocery payment card for Hemköp

Enfuce, card issuing and processing innovator, has partnered with SEB Embedded, a leading Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)provider in Sweden, who in partnership with Humla have launched a game-changing co-branded card to Hemköp, one of Sweden’s largest, premiere supermarket chains.

17 December 2024

Company announcement/retail

SEB invests in Lumera

SEB’s venture capital unit invests in Lumera, a leading player in the Swedish market for insurance administration software. The bank thus broadens its current partnership with the company.

24 October 2024

Company announcement/wholesale

SEB selects Broadridge for post-trade processing

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) is leveraging Broadridge’s international post-trade processing solution to simplify and streamline its securities business across international and domestic markets.

25 September 2024

Company announcement/payments

Swedish banks in race to build new technical infrastructure for Bankgirot to meet EU regulations

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) has issued an injunction to SEB and the other Swedish owner banks of Bankgirot to ensure they fulfill the requirements of the EU’s Wire Transfer Regulation (WTR) before 31 December 2026.

24 June 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2024: Instant payments and generative AI will be the most impactful for the industry

Digitisation and the advantages that are available through modern technology were core topics for the afternoon sessions at EBAday in Lisbon, Portugal.

19 June 2024

News/retail

SEB to buy stake in Kirva

SEB is to buy a minority stake in digital document exchange firm Kirva.

23 January 2024

Company announcement/regulation

SEB rolls out Blacksmith KYC platform

Blacksmith KYC and the leading Nordic corporate bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) are pleased to announce that SEB is implementing Blacksmith’s KYC platform to automate and improve its data collection for financial institutions KYC. SEB and Blacksmith KYC embarked on a KYC improvement journey together one year ago.

22 November 2023

News/sustainable

SEB draws attention to carbon removal market and nature-related risk

Sustainable finance is a swiftly growing industry, with new innovations arising rapidly from all over the world. In conversation with an author of SEB’s Green Bond Report, Finextra considered the latest advancements in the sustainability sector leading up to our annual Sustainable Finance Live conference.

06 October 2023

News/sustainable

Blockchain platform issues first digital green bond

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first digital green bond on a blockchain-based platform developed by SEB and Credit Agricole.

23 June 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

SEB Greentech VC acquires stake in Esforin

SEB Greentech Venture Capital has acquired a part-owner stake in the German company Esforin. The company has developed a solution for algorithm-based trading that increases flexibility in the energy market and contributes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by bringing more renewable energy to the grid.

31 May 2023