Handelsbanken, Sweden’s pioneering community bank, this week unveiled its 100th British branch, setting out its ambitions for further record growth and local jobs in this, one of its adopted home markets. Continue Reading

Handelsbanken, one of Sweden’s largest banks, has earned top ranking for the second year running in a national opinion of the UK banking sector. Continue Reading

Following the publication of his book, ‘A Blueprint For Better Banking’, Niels Kroner comments on banks’ approach to lending:

Over the past year, the media has been full of terrible news about the availability of credit to most companies, especially SMEs. Many lenders, even relatively healthy ones, seemed to have tightened credit standards considerably. Continue Reading