Latest Danske Bank News: Finextra Research

Danske Bank backs Copenhagen fintech accelerator

Danske Bank has teamed up with fellow Danish FS player Nykredit to back a new Copenhagen fintech accelerator designed to attract global talent to the Nordic scene.

16 November 2018

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Danske Bank begins wearable chip trials

Danske Bank is testing FastPay, a wearable contactless chip that can be clipped to a wristband, keyring, jewellery or watchstrap for tap-and-go payments at the checkout.

03 October 2018

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Danish watchdog could face EU inquiry over Danske Bank scandal

Denmark's Financial Services Authority (FSA) is bracing itself for a formal enquiry from the European Banking Authority over the money laundering scandal at Danske bank that was reported last week.

25 September 2018

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Nordic banks explore shared KYC utility

Leading Nordic banks DNB Bank, Danske Bank, Nordea Bank, Svenska Handelsbanken, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken have announced plans to set up a KYC utility as a joint venture company to explore the creation of a shared infrastructure for know-your-customer processing.

31 May 2018

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Danske Bank invests in personal finance app Spiir

Danske Bank has made a multi-million krone investment in Danish account aggregation and budgeting app Spiir in preparation for the advent of Open Banking under the EU's new Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

16 May 2018

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Danske Bank to integrate Minna subscription management platform

Danske Bank is set to integrate a subscription management platform from Swedish startup Minna Technologies into its mobile app.

10 April 2018

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Denmark's Danske Bank invites Finnish banks to join MobilePay

Danske Bank-owned MobilePay is making a major play for the Finnish market through a deal that will see its mobile payments service accepted at nearly a thousand S Group grocery stores.

01 March 2018

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Nordic banks strive for harmonised cross-border payments infrastructure

A group of major Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish banks have banded together to explore the possibility of establishing a pan-Nordic payment infrastructure supplemented by common products.

09 February 2018

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Danske Bank makes open banking push

Danske Bank is embracing the open banking era, revamping its mobile app to let Nordic customers view data from their accounts with other providers.

24 January 2018

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Danske Bank terminates MobilePay in Norway; enters talks with Vipps

Danske Bank is to terminate its MobilePay app in Norway and throw its weight behind the rival Vipps service.

11 October 2017

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Danske Bank develops pocket money app

Danske Bank has released a parent-controlled pocket money app and card for 8-12 year olds.

30 June 2017

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DNB spins off Vipps mobile payment service

More than 100 Norwegian banks are to take a stake in the Vipps P2P mobile payment app developed by DNB in a bid to block competition from rival Nordic platforms and the likes of Facebook, Google and Apple.

13 February 2017

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