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SEB on 3 December introduced the speedy SWIFT gpi payment service on all its markets outside of Sweden. SEB already in June introduced the service in Sweden.

Next year blockchain will take the leap from hype to reality. That was the message at the blockchain firm R3’s Nordic conference, which was held at SEB in Arenastaden. 

Meet Adam Österman who works in SEB's Innovation Lab. He is driven by releasing innovation and creating new ways of working within the bank. 

On Friday 2 November, the results of the European Banking Authority's EU-wide stress test were published. 

SEB is establishing a new function, specialising in digital business models and strategies. Jan Amethier will head up the new unit.

SEB will split its Life & Investment Management division in two, enabling the bank to further strengthen its savings offering and better meet changing customer demands.

SEB appoints Nicholas Moch as CIO and Ausra Matuceviciene as responsible for automation in order to strengthen the digitalisation and automation agenda.

Operating income for the third quarter amounted to SEK 11.4bn (11.9). Compared to the third quarter 2017, operating income increased by 3 per cent. 

SEB is the only Nordic bank participating in the Voltron project which will develop a blockchain-based platform for document processing in trade finance. 

SEB offers no products nor participates in structures whose sole purpose is to avoid taxes, says SEB in a commentary on Friday's media reports that the bank carried out financial transactions in Sweden.