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The case for a central bank digital currency varies by country
Ida Wolden Bache, Deputy Governor at Nordes Bank, discusses ongoing testing and ambition for a Norwegian central bank digital currency.
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FX
Circular economy champion L&T discovers ease of FX automation
Environmental services company L&T started using Nordea's AutoFX currency robot mid-pandemic in 2020 to reduce the manual work needed to manage its currency risk. FX automation has been a game changer for the company's treasury department.
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Cryptocurrencies
Are cryptocurrencies likely to become a mainstream payment option, and what can corporates do to prepare? Find out in the new Nordea On Your Mind report.
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Nordic corporates embrace sustainability-linked loans
Sustainability in finance is fast becoming the new normal, and sustainability-linked loans continue to gain momentum among Nordic corporates. This year, the trend has taken off in Denmark, according to speakers at the Cash & Treasury Management 2021 conference in Copenhagen.
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Corporate insights
Emerging privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) are the new blind spot in digital banking
A report by the Mobey Forum’s AI & Data Privacy Expert Group suggests there is a blind spot in the banking industry regarding the importance of emerging privacy enhancing technologies (PETs) in privacy risk mitigation and business innovation. The report argues emerging privacy enhancing technologies can be used to solve some of the key challenges in this space related to how to process anonymous and encrypted data without losing value even when no details about private data are shared.
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Corporate insights
We have Industry 4.0, why not Finance 4.0?
Manufacturers have been talking about Industry 4.0 for about a decade. Advances in sensors, networking and artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled them to track and optimise production facilities, cutting lead times, reducing waste and improving safety. But interest isn’t limited to manufacturers: retailers, healthcare companies and many others are looking at how these technologies could improve operations. That raises the question, are these ideas and technologies behind Industry 4.0 relevant to finance transformation?
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Prioritise substance over form in your ESG work
Marco Kisic and Viktoria Voskressenskaia from ESG Research explain how and why ESG performance matters for corporate value creation.
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Podcast
Podcast: Showing you are sustainable and reaping the rewards
The hype for sustainability and ESG are here to stay. Find out why in the latest podcast episode of Nordea On Your Mind.
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Engage with rating providers to prepare for the inevitable ESG conversations
Bob Mann, President and COO of Sustainalytics, explains why it's important for corporates to embrace ESG and engage with ESG rating providers.
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EU unveils proposed green bond standard
The European Commission has launched the first official green bond standard linked to the EU taxonomy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team shares its take on the proposed regulation for European green bonds and the implications for bond issuers going forward.
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A guide to the EU’s renewed sustainable finance strategy
The European Commission in 2018 adopted its first Action Plan on financing sustainable growth. On 6 July, it released its renewed Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory equips you with a pocket summary of the actions included.
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How to finance growth for Small & Medium sized Enterprises?
Nordea’s Trade and Working Capital team return to their Working Capital Report 2020, this time from the perspective of SMEs (Small & Medium sized Enterprises) to assess their challenges with financing growth and investments and to suggest alternative solutions for funding growth if there is a shortage of capital.
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