SEB awarded title Best Trade Finance Bank in th...

SEB has won the title The Best Trade Finance Bank in The Nordic
Region in the annual Trade Finance customer poll from the Global
Trade Review (GTR) publication.


"We are very pleased to receive this price," said Lars Millberg,
Global Head of Trade Finance. "With professional Trade Finance
clients choosing us as the best bank in the Nordic countries show
that our change process leaves a mark, but we still have a lot to
deliver. Trade Finance is a service that all banks can offer
therefore we have placed great emphasis on ensuring that we have the
best staff. It is through them that our clients perceive us. "
Some 2.000 corporates took part in this poll, and this is the first
time the Trade Finance customer poll has a "Nordic Region" category.
SEB recently launched The Benche, the Web Based Internet Community
for Trade Finance specialists. www.thebenche.com is open for all
Trade Finance professionals and others active in international trade.
The Benche offers a unique opportunity to gather and share knowledge
and experience, and discuss and network amongst professionals.







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 30 September 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,416bn (~EUR 237bn) while its assets under
management totalled SEK 1,244bn (~EUR 122bn).The Group has about
22,000 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Lars Millberg, Global Head of Trade Finance, [phone]
Press contact: Elisabeth Lennhede, [phone],
[e-mail]


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