Kraken owner Payward is buying Lithuanian bank Saldo Bank, gaining an EU banking license with passporting in five markets. Expected to close in 2027.

Swift wants to let consumers send money abroad using a phone number or email address, working with national payment systems such as Bizum and Pix.

Chainlink launches CCIP 2.0, letting banks add their own verification and customer checks to transfers of tokenised assets between blockchains.

Norway's NBX wants to become a bank in Latvia and has registered a Riga subsidiary applying for a banking licence in the EEA.

NBX is building banking infrastructure with Tieto Banktech, a new step in its plan to become a regulated digital asset bank in the Nordics.

Swift, the world's largest messaging network for banks, is stepping into blockchain to meet competition from stablecoins and tokenized payments.

Kraken is considering a European banking license via Lithuania—treading the same regulatory path Revolut took in 2018 to gain full market access to th

Ken Villum Klausen steps down as CEO of Nordic challenger bank Lunar after eleven years. Søren Kyhl will take over the helm in early June.

Norwegian-Danish Vipps MobilePay is joining forces with four other European mobile payment providers in a shared network

Norwegian Block Exchange AS (NBX) withdraws from bank-related discussions with Globitex Holding

Swedish Fintech company Klarna has launched KlarnaUSD — its first stablecoin.

Nordea has decided to give its customers the opportunity to trade a crypto-related product developed by CoinShares through the bank's channels.

Bitcoin-backed credit is becoming the bridge between the crypto market and traditional finance, argues Andre H. Johnsen, CEO of Norlend

The Danish challenger bank Lunar is the first Nordic bank to obtain a MICA license for crypto services.

Thuc Hoang, who leads Firi, says that traditional finance and decentralized finance will coexist

The Digital Asset Summit by DNB in September marks a new step in the digital asset journey of DNB.

On 19 September, DNB will host Digital Asset Summit conference in Oslo to explore opportunities in the next chapter of the financial industry.

Norlend, led by Andre Johnsen and eidd of K33, is now providing infrastructure for businesses that want to offer loans secured by Bitcoin.