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Automation is a strategic opportunity for finance and treasury departments to move closer to the business in their companies and drive innovation. FX automation is one clear place to start.
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The term “sharing economy” has come to be used for a lot of different things. From community-based initiatives like The Green Village to multi-billion-dollar unicorns like Uber. With people increasingly concerned about the environment and ownership not being the status symbol it once was, sharing resources or renting things rather than buying them looks set to grow.
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Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi has announced that it will push companies to adopt science-based targets verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The move highlights growing pressure from investors for companies to release specific emission-reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. What are science-based targets, and how can companies adopt them?
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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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Corporate insights
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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Corporate insights
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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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
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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Corporate insights
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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Corporate insights
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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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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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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