Was assigned to Nordea wins the 2012 Bank of the Year award in Western Europe of the monthly The Banker, a publication of the Financial Times. It is the first time that a Nordic group has been awarded. “In such a difficult economic context and with increasingly stringent regulations – he explained Brian Caplen, editor of The Banker – the choice to elect Nordea as Bank of the Year in Western Europe was natural. The customer relationship model has proved highly successful and the bank stands out as a beacon for its stability and prudence in the sector”.
Nordea is listed on the Nasdaq Omx Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. In the previous three years, the Western European Bank of the Year award went to Santander (2011), BNP Paribas (2010) and HSBC (2009).
