Svenska Handelsbanken

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: The current state of play of cross-border payments

Moderating the second panel of the day, Niamh Curran, senior reporter at Finextra, discussed real-time cross border payments with Patrik Havander, head of B2B Connect Europe at Visa, Christian Schwarz, director payments Europe at Finastra, Dr Hubertus von Poser, member of the management board at PPI, Colin Williams, global lead for clearing transformation at J.P. Morgan, and Jenny Winther, head of payment schemes at Svenska Handelsbanken.

23 April 2024

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2024: Under two weeks to go!

On 23rd April, Finextra will be returning to Stockholm for NextGen Nordics for a day packed with panels, Q&As, workshops, keynotes, and networking.

12 April 2024

News/people

NextGen Nordics: Who are the women leading Nordic banks?

Ahead of NextGen Nordics, which will return to Stockholm on 25 April 2023, Finextra will be publishing a series of ‘sneak peeks’, covering the topics and interviewing the panellists speaking at the event.

08 March 2023

Event/wholesale

On-Demand Webinar - Real-Time Personalised Experiences: Lessons from Silicon Valley

Watch the on-demand webinar with Hazelcast, as our panel of industry experts discusses the utilisation of real-time data processing for personalised financial services.

Speakers from: Svenska Handelsbanken, Hazelcast, BNY

19 May 2022 211

News/payments

P27 Nordic Payments secures merger approval from EU Commission

The European Commission today announced merger approval for the P27 Nordic Payments initiative to establish its pan-Nordic payments platform. This approval marks a significant milestone for the initiative which is working toward the creation of a common payments infrastructure across the Nordic region.

09 July 2021

News/crypto

Riksbank enlists Handelsbanken for e-krona pilot

Sweden's central bank has called in Handelsbanken and software firm TietoEvry for the latest stage of its central bank digital currency pilot.

31 May 2021

News/crime

Swedish banks formalise AML information sharing pact with police

Sweden's five largest banks have formalised an information sharing pact with the country's police force aimed at cracking down on money laundering.

19 January 2021

News/retail

Svenska Handelsbanken to cut 1000 staff and 180 branches

Sweden's largest bank, Sevnska Handelsbanken, is downsizing its branch network and workforce while vowing to invest SEK1 billion in IT over the next two years.

16 September 2020

News/regulation

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

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