P27 Nordic Payments Platform acquires Bankgirot

P27 Nordic Payments Platform (P27) has signed an agreement to acquire Bankgirocentralen BGC AB, Bankgirot, Sweden’s only clearing house for mass payments. Bankgirot has a central role in the Swedish payment system and handles transactions of a total value of approx.
SEK 73 billion per day.

P27 is a joint initiative between Danske Bank, Handelbanken, Nordea, OP Financial Group, SEB and Swedbank with the ambition to create one common payment platform in the Nordic countries.

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Mannheimer Swartling acted as legal advisor in the transaction.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to perform certain functions and help you navigate the site efficiently. A cookie is a text file with a small amount of information that is stored on your device. We share some of the information we obtain through these cookies with third parties. We only use cookies that are necessary for the site to function correctly and they therefore cannot be turned off. For further information, see Information on the use of cookies.