Nordea is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen ( Christiania Bank ) that took place between 1997 and 2000.

* Nordea Bank Danmark A / S

* Nordea Bank Finland Abp / Nordea Pankki Suomi Oyj

* Nordea Bank Latvia

* Nordea Bank Lithuania

* Nordea Bank Norge ASA

* Nordea Bank Polska S. A.

* Nordea Bank Russia

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Nordea was obliged to withdraw from involvement in BGC's operations related to Bankgirot for competitive reasons when it acquired Postgirot Bank ( now PlusGirot ) in 2002.

The largest share holder of Nordea is Sampo a Finnish insurance company with around 20 % of the shares.

Nordea is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange and Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

Nordea has more than 1, 400 branches and is present in 19 countries around the world, operating through full service branches, subsidiaries and representative offices.

Nordea is owned by ( 1. 6. 2011 ):

The Danish headquarters of Nordea is located in Christianshavn, Copenhagen.

* List of oldest companies, as Nordea is the oldest bank in Sweden, with roots from 1820.

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Swedbank is one of the main banks in Sweden, together with Nordea, Handelsbanken, and SEB.

The party's co-founder is Nils Lundgren, a former member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and chief economist of the bank Nordea, who is sceptical of the euro.

PlusGirot ( formerly PostGirot ) is a Swedish money transaction system, owned by Nordea.

The Scandinavian Masters, currently known as the Nordea Masters for sponsorship reasons, is an annual golf tournament on the European Tour which is played in Sweden.

Björn Arne Christer Wahlroos ( born October 10, 1952 in Helsinki ) is the Chairman of the Board in Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene.

In addition, the state held a financial guarantee to Nordea for the X3 trains, should A-Train fail to meets its financial obligations to the bank.

The Tapiola centre has a large selection of services: department stores ( Stockmann and Sokos ), book stores ( Akateeminen kirjakauppa and Suomalainen Kirjakauppa ), groceries ( S-Market, K-Supermarket, Stockmann Herkku ), Alko, a post office, banks ( Nordea, Sampo, Actia, Osuuspankki, Ålandsbanken, Handelsbanken, Nooa Säästöpankki and Suurpohjan osuuspankki ), sports stores ( Intersport, Sportia ), photography stores, barber's shops, and other small businesses.

Sampo Group own now 19. 8 % of the Nordic banking group Nordea.

In 2009 Wahlroos resigned as CEO and was elected Chairman of Sampo plc, holding company of Sampo Group, which by then had become the biggest insurer in Northern Europe and also the main shareholder of Nordea, the region ’ s largest bank.

The Baltic countries and Poland are today considered part of the home market, Latvia already having a branch of Nordea () from 2006.

Nordea currently serves 11 million private and 700, 000 active corporate customers.

The name Nordea comes from the Swedish bank Nordbanken, which was based on PK-banken ( Post och Kreditbanken ; owned by Swedish state ) which in 1990 purchased the smaller private bank Nordbanken, and picked up that name.

Nordea Fonden, 3. 9 %

In 2007 Nordea was the subject of an online phishing scam.

The theft was perpetrated by targeting Nordea customers with phishing emails containing a trojan horse, that was especially made for this robbery.

According to Nordea, at least 250 people had unwittingly installed the trojan.

Nordea has refunded all the victims and has implemented a new security system.

* Unibank ( Denmark ), for the history of the banks that formed Nordea in 2000.

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File: Nordea M17 new part 3jun2006. JPG | Norwegian headquarters in Oslo

Alternatively, some banks such as the Nordea and Swedbank use a built-in external speaker which may be invoked by pressing the talk button on the keypad.

On 23 August 1973 Jan-Erik " Janne " Olsson, on leave from prison, went into Kreditbanken ( now part of Nordea ) at Norrmalmstorg, central Stockholm and attempted to hold up the bank.

-Nordea Bank AB Company Profile

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ( SEB ) ( Scandinavian Private Bank ) is a Swedish financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

* Karin Forseke-Non-executive FSA Board, formerly CEO of Carnegie Investment Bank AB

Forex Bank AB is a Swedish financial services company.

SEB Bank ( legal name AB SEB bankas, formerly Vilniuaus bankas, then SEB Vilniaus bankas ), a subsidiary of Swedish SEB Group, is a commercial bank of Lithuania.

GE Money Bank Norge is a division of the Stockholm-based Swedish subsidiary GE Capital AB.

The Swedish subsidiary is GE Capital Bank AB.

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