Commerce — E-commerce, Retail and Payment Solutions

This page brings together news and insight on commerce and payment solutions for trade — from e-commerce and checkout to physical retail and payouts to stores. We cover how stablecoins and digital assets are changing the purchasing process for Nordic and European retailers and online merchants.

Swift wants to let you send money abroad with a phone number or email

Swift wants to let you send money abroad with a phone number or email

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.

Banks and neobanks
September 28, 2026
Chainlink lets banks control their own transfers between blockchains

Chainlink lets banks control their own transfers between blockchains

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

Technology
September 28, 2026
NBX sets up Riga subsidiary in bid to become a bank

NBX sets up Riga subsidiary in bid to become a bank

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

Banks and neobanks
August 27, 2026
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