Nordea has been named “Bank of the Year in Western Europe” by “The Banker” magazine, ranking first among the leading European banks in the region.
The bank has received the most prestigious banking award in the world for a second time since 2012. The award from the Financial Times marks a successful benchmark for the bank that is currently transforming its business model while also becoming more digital.
On awarding Nordea, Brian Caplen, editor of “The Banker” magazine, revealed Nordea’s spectacular performance - winning the regional award for Western Europe as well as country awards in Denmark, Finland and Norway – and stated: “The bank has shown growing profits at a time of falling interest rates as well as a strong focus on digitalisation to build a customer-oriented bank for the future - a great result all round.”
Thorben Sander, CEO at Nordea International Private Banking in Luxembourg, pointed out that receiving the award sets an important stone for building the future relationship bank and puts a spotlight on how Nordea has successfully launched initiatives so far to come closer to clients and to better service them: “We must remain humble to the news that Nordea has been named Bank of the Year in 2015 and continue to transform the bank, for the benefit of our clients, employees and all other stakeholders.”
Present at the Luxembourg Internet Days on 7 December, CEO Thorben Sander confirmed Nordea’s commitment to support innovation and thinking outside of the traditional banking, a pre-requisite to excel at its services and to continue being a leading European bank. ”We want to stay close to our clients and better understand their needs. We want to be available anywhere and anytime, providing competent and relevant advice, making it possible for clients to rely on our service digitally and personally. This can only be delivered in close cooperation with the Fintech sector. Luxembourg offers the ideal environment to support new technology innovations in the financial services, so collaborating with innovative minds and attracting people with potential is very important to the bank.”
Moderated by Karl Johannesson, Innovation Counsellor at SNT Luxembourg, the panel discussion at the Luxembourg Internet Days 2015 reunited key players in the banking and Fintech industries, bringing to the fore the role of collaborations and partnerships between banks and innovative start-ups.
