Svenska Handelsbanken

28 results about this entity

Period: 06 Oct 2004 - 05 Jun 2024

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Nordic banks get EC green light for shared KYC platform

A group of six top Nordic banks is forging ahead with plans to set up a joint platform for handling Know Your Customer (KYC) data.

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EBA Clearing RT1 platform gets Finnish banks onboard

EBA Clearing announced today that RT1 now counts six participants from Finland: Bonum Bank, Central Bank of Savings Banks Finland, Danske Bank A/S Finland Branch, OP Corporate Bank, Svenska Handelsbanken and Nordea Bank.

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Handelsbanken Finland hands Evry £60 million contract for IT overhaul

Nordic software house Evry has won a £60 million contract for the implementation of new core banking and payment systems at Handelsbanken in Finland

Handelsbanken trials micro contactless cards

Nordic bank Handelsbanken is entering the wearable payments market, trialling a micro contactless card that can be put into a wristband, bracelet, watch strap or keyring.

Nordic banks explore shared KYC utility

Leading Nordic banks DNB Bank, Danske Bank, Nordea Bank, Svenska Handelsbanken, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken have announced plans to set up a KYC utility as a joint venture company to explore the creation of a shared infrastructure for know-your-customer processing.

Nordic banks strive for harmonised cross-border payments infrastructure

A group of major Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish banks have banded together to explore the possibility of establishing a pan-Nordic payment infrastructure supplemented by common products.

The Nottingham Building Society expands branch network

The Nottingham Building Society is bucking one of banking's biggest trends, expanding its physical footprint by opening seven new branches in British market towns.

Evry signs Nkr700 million deal with Handelsbanken

EVRY and Handelsbanken Norway have entered into a comprehensive strategic agreement for the delivery of next-generation core banking and payment solutions.

BofE's Haldane backs shared database for customer accounts to boost competition

Senior Bank of England executive Andy Haldane has backed calls for the creation of a shared database for the storage of customer account details, arguing that the move would help boost competition in financial services.

Handelsbanken taps IBM and Red Hat for virtualisation

Sweden's Handelsbanken has deployed virtualisation technology using Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM's System z servers and operating system.

Nordic firms to launch alternative trading facility

A group of the largest banks and brokers in Sweden are teaming up to launch an alternative trading facility - called Burgundy - that will provide trading in Nordic equities and compete directly with Nasdaq OMX and other exchanges.

Euroclear to acquire Nordic Central Securities Depository

The four Scandinavian banks that own the Nordic Central Securities Depository (NCSD) have signed a preliminary deal to sell their stakes in the business to European depository Euroclear.