Nordea Bank

Nordea has strong local presence in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Bank is represented in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland, as well as in other cooperative countries, such as Great Britain, USA, etc.

History of Merita Bank Riga Branch starts from April 1992 when The Investment Bank of Latvia was founded under the aegis of the Baltic Investment Program (Northern Countries Aid Program for the development of market economy in the Baltic Countries). The shareholders of the bank were Latvian state, EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd. (Finland), Swedfund International AB (Sweden) and Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Germany).

In January 2000 Scandinavia's MeritaNordbanken Group announced expansion plans in Baltic countries. It has been decided to buy Riga branch of the French bank Société Générale. This acquisition doubled business volume of the bank in Latvia. The transfer of the ownership took place on March 31, 2000.

In April 1, 2000 Merita Bank Plc Riga branch took over functions of MeritaNordbanken Latvia and Société Générale Riga branch.

On December 3, 2001, in the process of uniting all banks in Nordea group and establishing an integrated name, Riga’s branch name Merita Bank was  replaced with Nordea Bank Latvia Branch, which is another step closer to complete integration of Nordea group.

Currently Nordea Bank Latvia branch is the only foreign bank branch in Latvia.

Nordea Finance Latvia branch - a branch of leasing company, which is part of Nordea group, is also set up for operation in Latvia.

Mission

• Making it possible

Vision

• To be the leading Nordic bank, acknowledged for its people, creating superior value for customers and shareholders.