SEB ranked Best Bank in Sweden, Latvia, and Lit...

SEB is ranked number one for Sweden in the category "World's Best
Developed Market Banks 2008", and also number one bank for Latvia and
Lithuania in the category "World's Best Emerging Market Banks in
Central and Eastern Europe 2008" in surveys done by Global Finance
Magazine

SEB is ranked number one for Sweden in the category "World's Best
Developed Market Banks 2008", and also number one bank for Latvia and
Lithuania in the category "World's Best Emerging Market Banks in
Central and Eastern Europe 2008" in surveys done by Global Finance
Magazine


The selection criteria included growth in assets, profitability,
geographic reach, strategic relationships, customer service, new
business development, competitive pricing and innovation in products
and - vitally this year - the ability to weather an economic and
financial storm.

The Global Finance Magazine annual surveys ranks the performance of
the best banks around the world, and the awards are made after
extensive consultations with bankers, corporates and equity and
credit analysts worldwide.








SEB is a North European financial group serving some 400,000
corporate customers and institutions and five million private
individuals. SEB offers universal banking services in Sweden, Germany
and the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has
local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and
Russia and a global presence through its international network in
another ten countries. On 31 March 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,399bn (EUR 251bn) while its assets under management
totalled SEK 1,331bn (EUR 149bn). The Group has about 20,000
employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
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