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Corporate insights

Instant Payments Regulation: Get ready for fully automated instant payments and payee verification

Learn how the upcoming Instant Payments Regulation is reshaping financial transactions in Europe and how Nordea’s API solutions can help your business stay ahead of the curve.

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Sector insights

Powering the transition: The key role of energy efficiency in real estate

In the transition to a sustainable future, the real estate sector is a crucial player. ESG Sector Analyst Mons Lunde explores how energy efficiency is reshaping the industry and creating new opportunities for developers and owners of real estate.

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Sector insights

Sustainability in real estate: Insights from Sweden’s Almedalen Week

Nordea’s Lead ESG Analyst Ebba Ramel shares key insights from Almedalen Week 2025. Learn about the latest trends in sustainable real estate, from circularity and climate adaptation to social sustainability and emerging risks, gleaned from expert sessions and client discussions at Sweden’s premier political forum.

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Corporate insights

Arctic security and EU leadership: Key takeaways from the Nordic AAA Seminar

As global power dynamics shift, Nordic financial institutions and companies face new geopolitical realities. Nordea’s recent Nordic AAA Seminar highlighted the need for businesses to engage in shaping the emerging world order, with Arctic security and EU leadership taking centre stage.

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Sector insights

E-commerce growth in retail: The transparency challenge with chemicals and materials

As e-commerce transforms retail, new business models such as dropshipping introduce fresh challenges in product quality control and regulatory compliance. Explore how the industry is navigating the complex landscape of chemical regulations and materials transparency in an increasingly digital and cross-border marketplace.

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Sector insights

From compliance to competitiveness: Sustainability’s strategic role in the Nordic capital goods sector

In a world of shifting regulations and market dynamics, Nordic industrial companies are uniquely positioned to turn sustainablility challenges into strategic advantages. Discover how embracing sustainability can drive innovation, resilience and long-term competitiveness in the consumer durables and capital goods sectors.

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Sustainable transition

Green transition: Progress and challenges in a shifting global landscape

The green transition is progressing in an unstable global situation. In Finland and more widely in Nordics, emissions are decreasing, but global emissions continue to rise. A contrast in transition pace has emerged between Europe and the United States, highlighting divergent political climates.

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Sector insights

Growing a sustainable food system – the role of agriculture

Discover how the Nordic agricultural sector is adapting to meet environmental challenges through regulations, cutting-edge technologies and shifting consumer trends. Senior ESG Analyst Torkild Dalgaard lays out the key drivers shaping the future of sustainable food production in the region and beyond.

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Corporate insights

Navigating treasury transformation: From startups to mature companies

Susanne Stenborg, Head of Treasury Operations at SKF, has had a career spanning both established and new treasuries. At the recent Treasury 360 Nordic event, she shared insights on what mature treasuries and newly-established ones can learn from each other.

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FX

Streaming across borders: How Spotify overcomes global currency hurdles

As Spotify has expanded its global reach to over 180 countries, it has faced complex financial challenges in emerging markets with strict currency regulations. Learn how the audio streaming company partners with Nordea to navigate these obstacles, from tax payments in Turkey to repatriating funds from Indonesia, ensuring smooth operations across borders.

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Corporate insights

Basel IV is here: What you need to know

Basel IV, a finalisation of Basel III, overhauls global banking capital requirements, impacting the lending landscape particularly in Europe and the Nordics.

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Economic Outlook

Denmark: EU champion measured by public finances

Large public budget surpluses and a declining debt ratio put Denmark in a good position to navigate the economy through an uncertain period. However, unexpectedly high tax payments have meant that excess liquidity in the money market has been lower than normal for some time. Financial market turmoil has meanwhile led to a weakening of the DKK.

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