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Nordea Bank navigates the highly regulated markets, the do’s, don’ts in Asia

March 26, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Nordea Bank’s General Managers in China and Singapore talk to ScandAsia about how they navigate the many regulatory challenges and the importance of being on top of things to serve …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / General news / Indonesia / Innovation & Technology / Philippines / Singapore / Sweden / Vietnam

Jan Stjernström, SEB: “Significant growth happening in Asia”

March 18, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

SEB Large Corporates & Financial Institutions has an impressive track record and is today an established player in the global arena. Its presence in Asia is comprehensive, covering an area …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / General news / Hong Kong / Sustainability / Sweden

EQT increases efforts in Asia

March 11, 2018January 14, 2019 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

EQT Partners Asia Pacific is part of the Swedish private equity (PE) firm EQT and recommends the EQT funds on which companies to invest in. Focus is on control or …

Banking, Fintech / Norway / Singapore / Thailand

Thailand ranks as world’s least miserable economy

February 16, 2018February 19, 2018 - by Henrik Vinther - 3 Comments.

According to a new study by Bloomberg, Thailand is the world’s least miserable economy, based on inflation and unemployment followed by Singapore as a second. Thailand has a score of …

Banking, Fintech / Indonesia / Malaysia / Sweden

Indonesia and Malaysia among the world’s worst debt collectors

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 - by Henrik Vinther - Leave a Comment

In a recently published report by analyst firm Euler Hermes, Indonesia and Malaysia ranks as some of the worst countries in the world to collect debt, based on the complexity …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / Innovation & Technology / Opinion

Blockchain – Crypto: faster adoption than mobiles, or 1931 all over again!

January 17, 2018November 16, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - 3 Comments.

There are many trends within financial technology of interest during 2018. But what we saw during the last quarter 2017, and regardless of where in the world it was, that …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / Finland / Innovation & Technology / Philippines / Sustainability / Vietnam

Bankify of Finland lands seed investment from Reech

December 11, 2017January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Reech Corporations Group has agreed a major seed investment in Finland-based social finance sharing app Bankify to fund an initial commercial rollout in selected markets (announced on 30 October). The …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / Denmark / Finland / Innovation & Technology / Singapore / Sweden

Danish start-up Ernit, Nordic participation at Singapore FinTech Festival 2017

November 28, 2017January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Singapore FinTech Festival returned for its second year during 13-17 November 2017, with strong Nordic participation, including Danish and Swedish fintech delegations. Singapore is a financial hub and ranks as …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / Denmark / Entrepreneurship / Innovation & Technology / Sweden

Denmark and Singapore strengthen promising fintech collaboration

November 26, 2017January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Denmark attended Singapore FinTech Festival with a big delegation as a continuation of intentions to establish fintech (financial technology) collaborations and expand business opportunities further, following two MoUs signed between …

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Geely to become Saxo Bank’s majority owner

November 15, 2017January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Shareholders of Saxo Bank Group (Saxo), a leading multi-asset trading and financial-technology firm with presence in key financial centres such as Hong Hong, Shanghai and Singapore, have received an offer …