Financial Solutions
Swedbank’s vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Swedbank has approximately 22,000 employees serving more than 9 million retail customers and 500,000 corporate customers. As of December 2007 the group had total assets of SEKm 1,607,984. In Sweden the group has 459 branches. In Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia the group operates under the Hansabank brand and has another 299 branches. In the Ukraine, Swedbank has acquired TAS-Kommerzbank, now named OJSC Swedbank, with more than 190 branches. The group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Marbella, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As the Nordic region’s only listed environmentally certified bank, we are strongly committed to the environment and society in which we all work and live. With integrated IT and product platforms, Swedbank Group offers its customers a convenient pan-Nordic-Baltic service and a full range of banking service with highly developed cash management solutions. For more information please visit: www.swedbank.com
The EBRD is the largest single investor in central/Eastern Europe and mobilises significant foreign direct investment beyond its own financing. It is owned by 61 countries and two intergovernmental institutions. But despite its public sector shareholders, it invests mainly in private enterprises, usually together with commercial partners. It provides project financing for banks, industries and businesses, both new ventures and investments in existing companies. It also works with publicly owned companies, to support privatisation, restructuring state-owned firms and improvement of municipal services. The Bank uses its close relationship with governments in the region to promote policies that will bolster the business environment.
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) offers its clients, comprising businesses and organisations in the private and public sectors, long-term loans and guarantees on competitive market terms. NIB can help to finance projects presenting adequate security and a good risk classification, both within and outside the member countries. NIB was originally formed by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden in the mid-1970s. In the beginning of 2005 NIB acquired three new members with the accession of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
