Business

E-tailers’ three-to-five year business plans already materialised in 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven many new consumers online, to the benefit of online retailers, or "e-tailers". Georgi Ganev, CEO of Kinnevik, discuss...

Business Digitalisation

Are we living in a digital bubble?

Technology has enabled incredible progress. For many of us it’s hard to imagine not being able to communicate, look up information and even manage o...

Business Finance

Textile recycling champion Renewcell suits up with tailor-made financing

Renewcell is on a mission to green the fashion industry with Circulose®, its ground-breaking product made from the cotton from worn-out clothes. Nord...

Business Digitalisation

The future of liquidity management – Hunting for efficiency

A new study from Nordea on the outlook for liquidity management in the next 3 to 5 years suggests companies will continue to move towards real time, b...

Business Growth

Podcast: E-commerce and Corona

Johan Trocmé and Viktor Sonebäck from Nordea Thematics talk with Adam Schatz, CEO of DIY and Home Furnishing e-tailer BHG Group, about the explosion...

Business Growth

Pandemic overdrive for e-commerce

Human connectivity has soared over the past decade, offering new online solutions for our private and work lives. In the latest issue of Nordea On You...

Innovation Open Banking

Open Banking — a gateway to a financially healthy and resilient community

Esther Groen, Adviser to the Board at Holland Fintech, discusses how Open Finance is the natural next step for Open Banking and the benefits this can ...

Economics Nordic

Nordic housing markets hit record highs

Contrary to expectations, housing prices have increased to record-high levels in all the Nordic countries during the coronavirus crisis. This is not l...

Economics Nordic

Swedish economic outlook: Strong but muddled

The recovery in the Swedish economy is losing steam near term, but the foundation is in place for a strong upturn later in 2021. Unemployment will d...

Economics Nordic

Norwegian economic outlook: Rebound in sight

Vaccines offer the prospect that life in Norway may return to a kind of normal by the summer. The economy will then be able to recover quickly. Househ...

Economics Nordic

Finnish economic outlook: Towards a new dawn

The outlook for the Finnish economy this year is good, as long as the service sectors can reopen. Private consumption, boosted by recovering employmen...

Economics Nordic

Danish economic outlook: Springtime around the corner

A new wave of coronavirus has sent a chill wind through the Danish economy. But an efficient roll-out of vaccines and the experience from 2020 spark h...

Sustainability Climate

‘We need to re-engineer the financial system,’ says Nordea’s Deputy Head of Group Sustainability

From an early age, Ylva Hannestad has taken an interest in environmental and societal development, an interest that paved the way for a career in sust...

Sustainability

Top 5 predictions for sustainable finance in 2021

These five issues will dominate the sustainable finance agenda this year, according to Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team.

Sustainability

Shining a light on Covid-19’s impact on women

The World Bank is calling attention to the unique threats Covid-19 is posing to women, their health and equality. The international bond issuer has be...

Sustainability

Investing in the fight against food waste

Investments that reduce food loss and waste can deliver two big wins: improving food security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the ...

Business Risk Management

Currency volatility ahead – SME’s should assess and manage currency risks immediately

Too many small and mid-sized companies continue to underestimate their currency risks, according to a recent Nordea study. That’s despite the large ...

Business Risk Management

An effective hedging strategy helped this company dodge FX losses during Covid-19

Newgen Distribution, a leading distributor of Fitbit and other connected technology brands in Northern Europe, decided to implement an FX hedging stra...

Business Risk Management

Covid-19 was a wake-up call for this company to manage its currency risk

When Covid-19 hit, Finnish furniture company Pohjanmaan Kaluste Oy decided to start hedging its currency risk. The move has allowed the company to set...

Business Risk Management

How a women’s fashion retailer is navigating the Covid-19 storm

The Ball Group, a European leader in the plus-size women's clothing market, implemented an FX risk management strategy in 2016 to limit its exposure t...

Business Digitalisation

Three reasons to look at the security of home working

Why should an increase in home working—one of the most obvious trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic—make a difference to cybersecurity? The...

Business Growth

Industry 4.0 describes how companies will stay competitive in the digital era

How will companies stay competitive in the new digital era? In our latest Nordea On Your Mind report, Viktor Sonebäck, associate at Nordea Thematics,...

Business Daily Business

When the going got tough, retailers got going

As we look back on retail in 2020, it's easy to think only of the struggles the sector faced: global uncertainties, forced closures, disrupted supply ...

Business Digitalisation

Gamification through smart payment solutions makes giving fun

Establishing competitive games that encourage people towards making positive choices such as donating to charity or making more sustainable purchases ...

Business Risk Management

5 steps to manage your currency risk

If you think currency and exchange rates are only a concern for bankers, it's time to think again. Currency risks affect all international companies.

Business Open Banking

Business strategy: Just “set it and forget it” — or dynamic and adaptive?

Taru Möller, Head of Transaction Banking Value Propositions at Nordea, discusses how the changing preferences of customers means companies should be ...

Treasury 2025 – Nordea’s special report into Nordic Treasuries out now!

Nordea's annual research report into Nordic treasuries focuses on digitalisation and its effect on changing business models. This year the survey is e...

Business

Nordic startups are entering a golden age, say experts

Nordea brought together some of the brightest minds of the Nordic startup scene at the "We Grow Startups" event on 19 November 2020. Despite the curre...