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Swedish banks join forces to fight money laundering

The five largest banks in Sweden have teamed up with the country's police to launch an anti-money laundering initiative.

29 May 2020

News/crypto

SEB chief strategist: CBDCs could cause friction with commercial banks

Johan Javeus, chief strategist at SEB, tells Finextra Research about the tension that could emerge between central banks and commercial banks should the former circulate a digital currency directly to consumers.

30 March 2020

News

Cardlay wins Eurocard deal; raises $10 million in funding

Copenhagen-based Cardlay has signed a breakthrough deal with Eurocard, the largest card issuer in Scandinavia, and secured $10 million in new funding from both current and new investors such as SEB Bank and Seed Capital

14 November 2019

News

AI, cloud, blockchain and beyond: Changing the financial world individually and in tandem

AI, cloud, blockchain and quantum computing form some of the pillars the much-discussed Fourth Industrial Revolution, with financial services watching on in anticipation of the disruption they promise in the years ahead.

18 October 2019

Finextra TV

FinextraTV @ Sibos2019 – The Big Themes #2: Leveraging Data

FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on how the industry is Leveraging Data. In this, second of three Sibos reports, we learn about how Banks are increasingly looking to develop a more formal strategy to better manage their data, the challenges leveraging data helps overcome and some of the new and improved services that are coming to market as a result. Barclays, LLoyds, BAML, Natwest, SEB, DBS Bank, Westpac, JPMorgan, Standard Chartered, Société Générale, Nordea, ING, Emirates NBD, and Absa are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research. Become a Finextra member now and be sure not to miss: Sibos2019 Big Themes: Regulation…

11 October 2019

News

Nordic banks agree funding for P27 cross-border payments platform

Six Nordic banks have agreed to fund the development of a cross-border real-time payments platform as part of the P27 collective.

10 October 2019

Company announcement/cloud

SEBx signs for Thought Machine core banking engine

SEBx is entering into a partnership with the fintech company Thought Machine to use its cloud-based core banking engine Vault, as part of the SEBx technology platform.

08 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

FinextraTV @ Sibos2019 – The Big Themes #1: The Impact of AI

FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services. In this, the first of three Sibos reports, we learn about AI: the areas it is having the greatest impact, the challenges and concerns that surround it, and how the industry will use the technology in coming years. ING, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crown Agents Bank, Standard Bank, SEB, Nordea and BNP Paribas are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research.

03 October 2019

Finextra TV/Sibos

Overcoming limits to uncover AI technology opportunities

Paula da Silva, Head of Transaction Services, SEB, speaks to Finextra about developing successful partnerships with fintech without diminishing customer relationships, the ways SEB implements AI in middle and back office systems, and the risks involved in launching payment and transaction banking services through blockchain and distributed ledger technologies.

02 October 2019

News/ai

AI and enhancing the human element in financial services

At SIBOS 2019, industry experts will be discussing how the financial services sector is in the vanguard of deploying AI on a global scale and whether the technology will be a transformative force or has the potential to act as an existential threat.

06 September 2019

Company announcement

SEB adds account aggregation to mobile app

Beginning in July it will be possible for SEB customers in Sweden to view information from all of their banks in one and the same place.

15 July 2019

Company announcement/ai

SEB and SAS co-invest in Combient mix to build AI hub for Nordic industries

Backed by their network of Nordic large enterprises, Combient is scaling its leading AI service with SEB and SAS co-investing in the spin-off Combient mix.

10 July 2019