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

Staff at Handelsbanken London, are celebrating after the bank topped a national opinion poll for customer satisfaction. 

The survey by EPSI Rating is the first of its kind for the UK banking sector and is based on a pan European model already used to benchmark banks in 11 other countries, over 20 years. Continue Reading