Nordics news and trends

The Future of Online Car Buying Is Omnichannel — With a 2-Week Test Drive
Connected Economy // February 06, 2023

Of its many disruptions, the pandemic has driven car pricing and buying off a cliff, making room for innovators to create a digital shift. While players like Carvana and CarMax are right now proving the Newtonian aspects of post-COVID commerce — what goes up fast...

Danish FinTechs Plug Regional Firms Into Global Commercial Networks
Europe // August 16, 2022

The Nordic countries are often considered pioneers when it comes to digital innovation and payments. With some of the lowest cash usage in the world and a history of interbank collaboration of money transfers and digital infrastructure, countries like Norway have been trendsetters in everything...

Deep Dive: What The US Could Learn From The Nordics’ Instant Payments Ecosystem
Disbursements // February 03, 2021

Pandemic-driven shifts in consumer needs have prompted players in the global financial sector to take a second look at how they are managing payments. What has come into focus is that U.S. banks, businesses and even government entities still lean heavily on outdated legacy methods...

The Swedish Trade Federation On Why FI Collaboration Is Key To Instant Payments Ubiquity
Disbursements // February 02, 2021

More than 70 percent of Swedes use the country’s mobile payments service, Swish. But markets eyeing the nation’s model as a blueprint for their instant payments plans must ensure that banks', FinTechs' and other payment players' innovation goals are in lockstep to make instant payments...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Future of Online Car Buying Is Omnichannel — With a 2-Week Test Drive

February 06, 2023
Of its many disruptions, the pandemic has driven car pricing and buying off a cliff, making room for innovators to create a digital shift. While players like Carvana and CarMax are right now proving the Newtonian aspects of post-COVID commerce — what goes up fast can come down to earth just as quickly — the […]

Taking The Swedish Approach To Instant Payments Ubiquity

February 01, 2021
The global payments ecosystem is still in flux after a year of rapid changes caused by the pandemic, and instant payments are becoming more intriguing to consumers around the globe....

Quick Reads
Finaro and MultiPay Partner to Streamline In-Store and Online Payments

April 25, 2023
Finaro and MultiPay have partnered to help merchants accept both in-store and online payments. The new partnership aims to offer an improved, unified payment acceptance solution for merchants in the Nordics and the United Kingdom, the companies said in a Tuesday (April 25) press release emailed to PYMNTS. To enable in-store acceptance of international cards, […]