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Online food retail is all about convenience
Johan Lagercrantz, CEO of MatHem, discusses the rise in online food retail during the Covid-19 pandemic and why the trend should continue.
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Get the latest insights on the economy, industries and emerging trends that can help your business tackle the challenges it faces in today’s market. We share the learnings and perspectives of leading experts and innovators in the Nordics, both from Nordea and beyond.
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How do we measure risk after a pandemic?
Sustainability isn’t just about the environment. Companies strive to be robust and able to take change in their stride. But few were prepared for a global pandemic on the scale of COVID-19. Businesses around the world were forced to shut their doors. Supply chains, sales models, and support services were all thrown up in the air.
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Frictionless Cross-border Payments: Let’s Start in the Nordics
The realm of Payments is going through a rapid transformation. Whether the inevitable result of a decades-long drive toward digitalisation or the unintended consequence of third-party technological leaps forward, we are currently witnessing a confluence of major changes to the industry, with Nordic markets at the forefront.
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Better AI Requires Human Intelligence
At the recent Stockholm Fintech Week, the session on AI in Insurtech focused heavily on how not to work with artificial intelligence. It seems there are so many misconceptions, empty buzzwords and broken promises that the credibility of the field needs to first be defended before it can be explored.
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FX
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 strategy in 2019 to control its currency risk. The move has paid off, allowing the company to avoid exchange rate losses of up to 10% during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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 our bank account from anywhere at any time. Welcome to the digital bubble. Not everyone has access to, or the skills to take advantage of the wonders of all this technology. The digital divide has been on the agenda for a number of years, but recent global events have reignited the conversation.
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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, benefitting from API technology, increased automisation and centralised set ups in order to increase efficiency and free up time for developing their business.
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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 have for both consumers and the wider economy.
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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. Nordea drove the company’s successful IPO in December, while also securing comprehensive export and project financing that enables Renewcell to move into large-scale commercialisation. The tailor-made financing, a unique mixture of equity and debt, highlights the critical role of financial actors in financing the ‘Industrial Evolution’ towards circularity and sustainability.
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A closer look at green bond premiums
Do green bonds perform better than non-green ones? Andreas Zsiga, chief analyst in Nordea Credit Research, recently examined that question. He discusses his findings and the outlook for green premiums going forward.
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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.
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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 looking to make their operations more dynamic and adaptive with real-time capabilities able to respond to shifting demands.
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