Insights

Insights

Ways to tackle fraud in the new banking landscape

Helena Wall, Head of Fraud Intelligence and Awareness within Fraud Management at Nordea, was interviewed by ‘The Paypers’ to discuss the latest trends in financial service fraud attempts and how people can be educated on the tactics being applied by fraudsters.

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A strong ESG score requires both actual improvement and communication of it

Sustainability has become the norm in financial markets. Jacob Michaelsen explains how corporates should engage with ESG rating providers.

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Nordea elected to Executive Committee for Green and Social Bond Principles

Nordea joins a select group of 24 underwriters, issuers and investors on the Executive Committee, the governing body that decides on any changes to the Green Bond Principles and Social Bond Principles.

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Podcast

Podcast: Turning trash into treasure with Carrot

Carrot is on a mission to revolutionise the waste bin and change how we as a society handle garbage.

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The subscription economy requires specific financial services

Driven by new technology and digitalisation, companies in the Nordics are increasingly moving towards subscription based business models as they become mainstream. Jean-Francois Tapprest, LC&I Business Innovation Lead at Nordea, discusses the ways companies can make the change and what this means for the financial services they consume.

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Understanding risk: Why treasuries need to evolve

The treasury has long been under pressure to transform — yet, as we found out in our Treasury 2025 report, only 12% of treasuries said that their department has a digitisation strategy. In most companies, the treasury is still operating on the periphery, playing a supporting role to the wider business.

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The rise of ESG in leveraged loans

Leveraged loan market participants are increasingly incorporating sustainability targets into their financing deals. With the trend set to grow at a rapid pace, the Loan Market Association brought together experts for a recent webinar to identify best practices for the leveraged market when it comes to engaging with ESG.

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Transition finance: Funding the shift to a green economy

Transition finance is one of the most hotly debated topics within sustainable finance. Nordea's Sustainable Finance Advisory team shares its view on the current state of transition finance and where it's headed.

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Sustainability-linked bonds: The investor perspective

Interest in sustainability-linked bonds has surged among issuers, but how do investors feel about the innovative new format? Nordea Sustainable Finance Advisory has taken a deep dive, exploring investor reactions as well as the results of a recent investor survey on the SLB format.

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Financing

Corporate lending under Basel IV

How will Basel IV shape corporate lending in the future? Nordea On Your Mind explores the implications for banks and corporate borrowers.

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Science-based targets – The new ‘must have’ in sustainable finance?

As momentum in the sustainable finance space picks up, more and more companies are committing to increasingly ambitious sustainability targets. Greenhouse-gas-related targets in particular are in vogue and, with that, a focus on aligning them with the Paris Agreement and the Science-Based Targets (SBT) initiative. In this article, we look at the corporate take-up of SBTs and ask, what is next?

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Paving the way for social loans

The Swedish local government funding agency, Kommuninvest, recently launched a social sustainability loan offering for its members. This innovative new product, developed in collaboration with members to promote social sustainability throughout Sweden, finances investments with solid potential to address local challenges. Nordea’s Sustainable Finance Advisory team spoke to Björn Bergstrand, Head of Sustainability at Kommuninvest, to find out more about the agency’s social loan journey. 03 May,

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