Sweden-based Nordea Bank intends to begin distributing smart card readers to up to 1.1 million customers in the fall, Ingemar Borelius, head of the bank's Swedish Internet-banking service, told Card Technology’s sister publication CardLine Global Edition. According to Borelius, the new devices, which include PIN pads, will take over for a less-advanced reader used by about 40,000 of the bank’s customers. Both types of readers are made Sweden's Todos Data System.
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E-procurement has so far mostly been with EDI. But there is also a need of a complement with e-invoices separately for all those situations that we dont order electronically but that it would be good having an e-invoice. A standard for an electronic invoice, “Svefakturan” (or “Swed Invoice”) has been developed and is recommended for public sector and their suppliers. The SwedInvoice can also be used B2B. Some local authorities have started to receive e-invoices and the Swed Invoice. But this is all very new.
Read more: E-procurement and e-invoices in the public sector in Sweden
