35 results about this entity
Period: 18 Mar 2016 - 19 May 2025
News/payments
Sweden's push to become a cashless society is rapidly heading into reverse, as the central bank submits proposals to introduce an obligation to accept cash in the sale of essential goods, and to strengthen the banks' responsibility for cash handling.
19 May 2025
Company announcement/payments
Trustly, the global leader in Pay by Bank solutions, has announced that it will now support RIX INST, the instant settlement system of Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish Central Bank, solidifying Trustly’s leading position in instant payouts.
20 March 2025
Sweden's central bank is working to improve the possibility of making offline payments by card to strengthen resilience at a time of geopolitical unease and the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine.
10 March 2025
Sweden's central bank is calling on banks to join in the ongoing work to enable instant cross-currency payments within Europe via the Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) system.
20 January 2025
The Riksbank is today opening up its payment system RIX-INST to more types of instant payment. Previously, the system was only open to Swish payments.
25 November 2024
Sweden's central bank says the country's retail payment infrastructure needs to be modernised to accommodate more instant payments and third party access to payment and settlement rails.
20 November 2024
The European Central bank is implementing a cross-currency settlement service on the Eurosystem's Target Instant Payment Settlement (Tips) service.
24 October 2024
Sweden's Riksbank is threatening banks with the propect of regulation to ensure business access to cash services.
16 September 2024
Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics and much more.
19 March 2024
Even as cash usage continues to fall in Sweden, legislation is needed to ensure that people can pay with notes and coins, says the central bank governor.
15 March 2024
Swedish market participants are settling instant payments in Swedish kronor in the Eurosystem TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS), after a successful migration over the past weeks.
27 February 2024
News/security
Sweden's Riksbank has filed a police report after a ransomware attack on software firm Tietoevry knocked out some of the central bank's IT systems.
26 January 2024
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