About Swedbank

Swedbank’s vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Our aim is to be the service leaders of our industry, and to make our customers’ everyday lives easier through a full range of easy-to-use and competitively priced financial services for private and corporate customers. By being at the frontier of product and service development, being easily accessible to all customers and providing excellent service, we aim to have the most satisfied customers in our industry.

Swedbank has 9 million retail customers and 530,000 corporate customers, with more than 450 branches in Sweden, 300 branches in the Baltic countries and 190 branches in Ukraine. The Group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Marbella, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2007 the Group had total assets of SEK 1,600 billion and approximately 22,000 employees.

As of September 2008, the Swedbank Group as a whole operates under the Swedbank brand. We are able to offer our customers a convenient pan-Nordic-Baltic service and a full range of excellent banking services as an international financial institution.

Swedbank was founded in 1820, as Sweden’s first savings bank was established. Today, our heritage is visible in that we truly are a bank for each and every one and in that we still strive to contribute to a sustainable development of society and our environment. We are strongly committed to society as a whole and keen to help bring about a sustainable form of societal development. Our Swedish operations hold an ISO 14001 environmental certification, and environmental work is an integral part of our business activities.