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.
Supply chains: Become less lean or step up risk management
Nordea's Viktor Sonebäck interviewed Patrik Zekkar, Global Head of Trade Finance & Working Capital Management at Nordea, to hear more about how the COVID-19 outbreak will disrupt global supply chains, as occurred during the SARS outbreak in 2003-04 and the Fukushima accident in 2011. Patrik elaborates on how China plays a greater role today, how corporates should think about their supply chains and how Nordea can offer short-term help.
EU taxonomy: What’s new in the final recommendations?
The European Commission’s expert group on sustainable finance has published its final recommendations on the EU taxonomy, a framework for classifying green investments. We take a deep dive into what’s new in the latest report, including sector-specific highlights.
The dramatic growth in green bond issuance and investor demand is driving a rise in dedicated green and sustainable bond funds. While low levels of supply and diversification were initially seen as a limitation for these funds, that’s changing.
Selecting KPIs – Empowering finance departments by measuring what matters
Nordea’s Treasury KPI Report showed that treasuries are increasingly embracing KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of their activities. For Treasurers and CFO’s in the process of selecting operational and strategic KPIs, choosing the right mix can often be dependent on company size.
Although it was regulatory requirements that sparked the move towards Open Banking, Sofia Ericsson Holm, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Open Banking at Nordea, explains how it is the demand for instant and better user experiences that will really drive innovation.
Nordea has been successfully introducing robots to take care of manual repetitive processes in order to create more time for employees to focus on value adding tasks. After a period of development, the bank now has one of the most advanced robotics programmes in the Nordics.
Taking a holistic approach to equipping the modern Treasurer
Nordea aims to stay one step ahead of the rush to deliver new products and services by understanding and anticipating the needs of customers, elevating traditional functional transaction banking offerings to dynamic tools that support strategic decision making.
What skill sets will be critical in the treasury of the future?
As digitalisation progresses and the financial landscape evolves, treasury teams face rapidly changing demands. Employees will require an increasingly diverse range of skills to succeed and thrive — and to ensure the treasury’s future relevance.
Industry 4.0 is the name broadly used for the fourth industrial revolution, which has seen entire industries starting to move towards fully digital value chains and manufacturing processes. Ville Sointu, Head of Emerging Technologies at Nordea, discusses how linking industrial IoT data streams to payments and financing will make it possible to create innovative new solutions and services.
