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Awards
In Prospera’s annual Trade Finance customer satisfaction survey, Nordea has been ranked first for ‘Tier 1 Companies’ and joint first for ‘All Companies’ in both Sweden and Norway.
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Awards
Nordea’s Trade Finance team has made a strong start to 2021 with multiple wins at the Global Finance Trade & Supply Chain Finance awards. Nordea was named the Best Trade Finance Provider 2021 in Denmark, Finland and Norway.
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Corporate insights
Patrik Zekkar, Global Head of Trade Finance & Working Capital Management at Nordea, looks back on a year like no other as trade and supply chains coped with multiple disruptions due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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Insights
Nordea’s Working Capital Study 2020 has analysed the working capital performance of 9300 companies between 2016-2019 by using data from publicly available financial reports. The study found that overall the level of working capital improved across companies which mitigated an overall decrease in Return on Capital Employed.
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Corporate insights
The latest digital version of TxB Insights magazine is out now, this time with a focus on trade. We have gathered our most recent trade related Insights articles and packaged them together in an easy to read magazine format. Click on the link below to check it out. Happy reading and sharing!
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Corporate insights
An in depth analysis of 124 large Nordic companies in 2019 showed aggregated overdue payments of EUR 18.5 billion, equal to 22% of total gross accounts receivables. With total overdue payments already increasing by 4% from 2018, the after effects of the coronavirus are expected to create an even larger growth in overdue payments in the coming months.
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Corporate insights
Nordea's Johan Trocmé talked to Philip Asp, Head of Investment Banking at Nordea, about what could happen if containment efforts to halt the spread of COVID-19 lead to sustained major disruptions in global supply chains. Corporates need to consider the potential impact on liquidity, funding and even recapitalisation needs, as well as potential hostile bids under stretched circumstances.
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Corporate insights
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.
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Corporate insights
Sustainability is becoming a major priority for corporates. As consumers become more environmentally aware, businesses are striving to reduce their impact on the world around them. We discuss why the supply chain plays such a crucial role in sustainability.
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Insights
Businesses in every industry are undergoing digital transformation. They’re using technology to improve how they interact with customers, differentiate products and services, and drive internal efficiencies. In some cases, digitalisation is paving the way for entirely new business models. But that’s putting increasing pressure on corporate treasuries.
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Nordea’s Working Capital Report analysed the performance data of 9300 companies from publicly available financial reports between 2013 to 2017. The report found that overall the working capital level remained fairly stable during the four years. However, large deviations were uncovered below the surface.
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Despite the often negative headlines related to cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology offers far more than just new forms of digital cash and gives banks the opportunity of creating all sorts of new value adding services.
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