Newsletter 12/2009
Third e-bank revolution
Finland has moved on to third-generation e-bank development, the transfer to a real-time economy on an extensive scale. “Finnish companies lead the world in developing e-banking services,” says Bo Harald, Head of Executive Advisors. Read more
Banking on the internet
Almost all Finns handle their daily banking affairs on the internet. Alongside constantly diversifying online services, the role of the mobile phone is expected to become more prominent in this respect in the near future.
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Finland transfers to SEPA
Finland’s transition to SEPA is proceeding in exemplary fashion, according to the Federation of Finnish Financial Services. Next year SEPA will be significant for companies. Read more
More electronification for financial management
The transfer to a real-time economy is proceeding at a fast pace, striding from e-invoicing to the comprehensive electronification of financial management by companies. In Finland the development is being speeded up by the Real-Time Economy Competence Center. Read more
Balancion for managing finances
Balancion is a new Finnish online service for managing personal finances that will be launched at the beginning of 2010. It has already met with an enthusiastic reception from beta users. Read more
Finnfacts newsletter in a different form
Finnfacts has been publishing news about Finnish companies and innovations in different languages and different forms since 1960. With the transformation of the media field and environment, the time for a change has come once again and the December edition will be the last Finnfacts newsletter. The news operations will not, however, come to and end; from the turn of the year we will be transferring to publishing the Good News from Finland online service, which will offer up-to-date news every weekday in Finnish and English at www.goodnewsfinland.com. Read more
