- Aktia Bank, a wealth manager based in Helsinki, Finland, is enhancing its payment infrastructure.
- Doubled down on its relationship with Temenos, its core banking provider.
- Implemented Temenos Payments Hub to unify domestic and cross-border payments onto one platform.
- Aims to create a pan-European instant payments service.
- Currently serves 250,000 individual consumers and 20,000 corporate and institutional clients.
- Expect benefits from integrated accounts and payment processing, plus low latency execution.
- Integration supports straight-through processing (STP) for automated fund transfers and electronic payments.
- Anssi Huhta, EVP of Aktia Bank, anticipates faster, user-friendly payment options.
- Jean-Paul Mergeai, Temenos President, notes the growing importance of payments for clients.
