Danske Bank has endorsed the Principles for Responsible Banking developed by the United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). Developed with advice from different organisations and a range of international banks, the principles were launched in November 2018. The aim of the principles is to provide a shared industry framework for how to ensure a future sustainable banking system.

Even though more than 25% of Danish SMEs have experienced cyberattacks, one third of them do not have plans for how to protect themselves against attacks.

Two types of fraud are becoming increasingly widespread.

Three out of four parents in the Nordic countries give pocket money to their children aged 8-14, with each child receiving an average of just over DKK 180 per month. These are the findings of a new study into pocket money carried out on behalf of Danske Bank by data analytics firm YouGov. The study was conducted across the Nordic region and was based on responses from more than 2,600 parents.

Our online banking and mobile banking are among the innovative solutions that have earned us the award as Digital Financial Institution of the Year by Finanswatch.

“We are happy about the award. We see it as recognition of our efforts to develop new and innovative digital solutions in cooperation with and to the benefit of our customers,” comments Line Munkholm Haukrogh, Head of User Experiences, Digital & Channels in Danske Bank.

The global economy is looking weaker, with continued concerns over growth in China and a lot of discouraging data from the manufacturing sector, not least in the euro area. A lot of this weakness is likely to prove temporary. Even so, there is a risk that we face a period of more prolonged weakness. So far, though, the Nordics have been resilient to the global manufacturing slowdown, broadly speaking. 

New Danske Bank employees just met in Copenhagen for an introduction to Danske Bank and our strategy. During the introduction days, they also had the opportunity to discuss and share their ideas on how Danske Bank should look in the future.

Danske Bank is one of the co-investors behind venture fund byFounders. Having already raised DKK 750 million, byFounders is ready to identify and finance the Nordic start-up successes of the coming years.

Danske Bank will be official banking partner in Denmark for the Nordic and Baltic Fintech initiative Lighthouse Development Program. The Lighthouse Program has been established as a joint effort between Mastercard and NFT Ventures.

"We strongly believe that we can create more value for our customers through partnerships, which is a core pillar in our strategy", says Morten Schwaner, Head of Card & Mobile Payments, Danske Bank.

The financial sector has a role to play in creating a better environment by providing new funding solutions.

For this reason, Danske Bank’s mortgage finance subsidiary, Realkredit Danmark, launches its first green mortgage bond, and the Danske Bank Group announces a new framework for its issuance of green loans and bonds.