Swift launches low-value payments service Swift Go
Payments network aims to make things easier for small businesses.
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Nordic API Gateway lands $5m from Danske Bank and DNB
The fresh capital will initiate an “aggressive growth” plan to achieve pan-European coverage.
Norway’s largest bank set to monopolise country with all-access mobile banking app
DNB has access to every bank in the country.
DNB extends investment in new 11:FS platform
The Norwegian financial services group will also implement 11:FS Foundry.
DNB taps on the Nordic API Gateway for account aggregation
The app will allow customers to manage all accounts.
PSD2 goes live in Netherlands
The Dutch Central Bank is welcoming applications to use this regulation.
Interview: Aidan Millar, chief data officer, DNB – data driving
How Norway’s banking group DNB is seeking to use data to reconnect with customers.
Dutch regulators call for crypto licensing system
AFM and De Nederlandsche Bank have regularly warned against cryptos and ICOs.
Norway’s DNB calls for fintech start-ups
DNB NXT Accelerator and StartupLab want you.
DNB and Danske pump €5m funding into Spiir’s Nordic API Gateway
The parties seek to build their PSD2 infrastructure in the Nordics.
11:FS Foundry’s launch brings digital to banks
With Norway’s DNB as a first client and investment partner.
Debonair DNB completes trade finance test with Marco Polo
First release of the TradeIX platform on blockchain goes well.
Nordic banks’ payments infrastructure plan picks up pace
The P27 project intends to launch new piece of financial infrastructure next year.
Five Nordic banks mull KYC joint venture
They are DNB, Danske, Nordea, Handelsbanken and SEB.
Big guns team up for Marco Polo blockchain trade finance initiative
BNP, Commerzbank and ING joined by Standard Chartered, DNB, and OP Financial Group.
Nordic banks mull common payments infrastructure
Danske Bank, DNB, Handelsbanken, Nordea, OP Financial Group, SEB and Swedbank in talking mood.
R3 and banks partner to develop cross-border payments platform
Enterprise software firm R3 and 22 of its member banks have developed a solution that leverages distributed ledger technology (DLT) to enable “fast, efficient and cost-effective” cross-border payments.
Nordea and DNB unite in the Baltics as Luminor Bank
Luminor Bank is the new name and brand for the unified operations of Nordea and DNB in the Baltics region.
Nordea and DNB to unite banking ops in Baltics
Nordea and DNB will bring together their operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to create a new bank. The two banks say their Baltic operations are “a great match”, with Nordea’s strength being in the large corporate segment, while DNB’s is in the SME segment. Both banks also have significant presence in the retail space. […]
Dutch central bank mulls new blockchain currency
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch central bank, is looking to develop an internal blockchain prototype called “DNBCoin”. In its recently published annual report for 2015, DNB says this year it will aim to use blockchain to improve its business and mentions DNBCoin as an experiment with its own digital currency. The bank doesn’t go […]
Digital drives DNB to cut branches and staff numbers
DNB will close more than half its branch offices and lay off 600 employees as the rise of digital banking takes its toll on the physical world. The Norwegian bank says “almost all” of its customers have become digital and points to the success of its Vipps app – the number one downloaded app in […]
DNB’s P2P mobile payments app is Norway’s No 1
DNB’s “first” peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile payment solution in Norway has become the number one downloaded app in the country. Dubbed “Vipps”, and launched six months ago with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), it is now used by 25% of Norway’s population. The app is available for use on all mobile devices and it allows short chat […]
Norwegian mobile payment service Valyou closes down
The Norwegian Valyou mobile payment service started by DnB and Telenor will be closed at the end of this month as a result of slower than expected activation of NFC enabled POS terminals and a much lower than expected end user uptake.
