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Sweden's largest banks regardless of measurement type (employees, revenue, capitalisation, assets) is typically a list of four – Swedbank, Nordea, SEB and Handelsbanken. [2] [3] Swedish banks and financial institutions dominate the financial market in the Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. [4] [5] [6]
Swedbank is one of the primary banks in Sweden, together with Nordea, Handelsbanken, and SEB. In 2001, a deal to merge Swedbank (then FSB) with SEB failed as the European Commission thought that the merged company would have had too dominant a position in the Swedish banking market. Today, Swedbank has 7 million private customers and 555 000 ...
The bank is subject to the Bank Act and is independent, but has a close coroparation with Swedbank. Its business area includes Arvika (headquarters), Eda and Årjäng municipalities serving via seven offices. The bank has over 100 employees and is an active member of the Savings Banks Association.
BankID is an electronic identification system in Sweden.With a usage rate of 94% among smartphone users, it is the single largest such service in Sweden by a large margin, and is administered by Finansiell ID-Teknik BID AB that is owned by several Swedish and Scandinavian banks.
Bankgirot is a proprietary clearing system (a giro) in Sweden used for transactions such as bill payments. It is owned by multiple Swedish banking conglomerates. The clearing system is connected with the banks enabling payments to be received directly
In December 2007, the company was headed by a new foreign investor from the Swedbank Group and the bank was renamed as Swedbank Invest. [8] [9] In 2009, the form of ownership and the name of the bank was changed to PJSC Swedbank. [10] [11] In 2013, the Swedbank Group decided to exit the financial market of Ukraine.
Nordea was one of the Nordic banks, including Danske Bank, SEB and Swedbank, allegedly involved in the money laundering scandal, involving ex-Soviet states, that emerged in 2017. [ 33 ] Nordea announced plans to move its corporate headquarters from Stockholm, Sweden to Helsinki, Finland in September 2017. [ 34 ]
Avanza was founded in 1999 as HQ.se. In 2001, HQ.se acquired Avanza changed its name to Avanza, which became the largest stockbroker in Sweden, with 80,000 active customers.