1 | Handelsbanken | HQ: StockholmHandelsbanken aims to be a universal bank, in other words, to cover the entire banking area: traditional corporate transactions, investment banking and trading as well as consumer banking including life insurance. Handelsbanken is strong on the Swedish market with 460 branches. |
2 | HQ Bank AB | HQ: StockholmHQ Bank AB is an ideas-driven bank for major investors. We explore business opportunities and develop innovative financial solutions. The foundation of this is the insight and ability of our employees, not to know everything, but to always deliver the best. |
3 | Ikano Bank | HQ: StockholmIkano Bank is an internet bank established 1995 by Ingvar Kamprad (the founder of IKEA). Ikano Bank offers loans, saving accounts and partner business which supplies sales finance solutions to large retailers. |
4 | Nordea Bank | HQ: StockholmNordea Bank AB is a financial services group operating in Northern Europe. It is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen (Christiania Bank) that took place between 1997 and 2000. The largest share holder of Nordea is Sampo (Finnish insurance company) with around 20% of the shares. Total assets: 507.5 billion euros (as of December 31, 2009). |
5 | Riksbank | HQ: StockholmSveriges Riksbank (Riksbanken, Swedish National Bank or Bank of Sweden) is the central bank of Sweden. The Bank is responsible for monetary policy with the objective to maintain price stability. The bank has also been given the task to promote a safe and efficient payment system. The Riksbank's interpretation of price stability is that inflation should be at a low, stable rate. The consumer price index, CPI, should be maintained at around 2 per cent. The Riksbank's main tool for influencing inflation is the repo rate. |
6 | SEB | HQ: StockholmSEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) offers its retail clients an extensive range of financial services. As part of a European finance group with operations in Sweden, the Nordic countries and rest of Europe, SEB offers banking services through a variety of channels. Customers can choose how and when to conduct their banking needs through any one of our 675 offices or via our mobile banking service. In addition SEB's advanced internet solutions enable our customers to perform online transactions, such as paying bills or stockbroking services. |
7 | Swedbank | HQ: StockholmSwedbank - the leading bank in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Bank offers a full range of easy-to-use and competitively priced financial services for private individuals, corporates and organisations. The Bank is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK 1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. |
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