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Nordea has decided to join the BankID electronic identification infrastructure.
In 2012, Nordea will start to issue BankID and at the same time stop issuing the
current Nordea electronic identifications.

The BankID infrastructure includes nine Swedish banks, all of them issuing
BankID electronic identifications. The majority of these banks also use BankID
for electronic identification and signing at their Internet banks. With Nordea
issuing BankID, a total of seven million Swedish citizens potentially will be
able to use BankID.

BankID as of today is widely used by banks, companies and authorities for
electronic identification and obtaining legally valid electronic signatures from
individuals over the Internet. At present there are 3.8 million active users of
electronic identifications in Sweden, as well as a 1 000 services. With current
growth a total of 4.5 million is anticipated by the end of 2011.

   - Nordea has long experience in issuing and managing electronic
identifications, with this knowledge Nordea can highly contribute to the further
development of BankID. When it comes to companies and authorities, the
integration of new electronic services will be made easier in the future, due to
the fact that we are heading towards a common standard. There will be fewer
solutions to manage and maintain, says Johan Eriksson, CEO, Finansiell ID-Teknik
BID AB.

   - We have cooperated with BankID for several years, and now we have decided
to take the final step towards full integration, says Niclas Westén, Product
Manager Electronic Identifications, Nordea. We see a long-term and cost-
efficient electronic identification in BankID, and our customers can expect more
simplicity and wider range of BankID services, now that we head towards one
common and uniform bank standard. We now enter the preparation phase, internally
and together with our business partners that are depending on electronic
identifications in their services - for Nordea launching BankID.

For further information, please contact

Mr Niclas Westén
Product Manager Electronic Identites, Nordea Bank AB     +46 8-534 921 57
niclas.westen@nordea.com
+46 73-321 52 52

Mr Johan Eriksson                                        +46 8-411 81 50
CEO, Finansiell ID-Teknik BID AB
+46 70-315 59 90
johan.eriksson@bankid.com

BankID is the leading electronic identification in Sweden, based on the PKI
(Public Key Infrastructure) technical standard. BankID has been developed by a
number of large banks for use by members of the public, authorities and
companies. The first BankID was issued in 2003. The BankID network includes
Danske Bank, Ikano Bank, Länsförsäkringar Bank, SEB, Skandiabanken, Sparbanken
Öresund, Sparbanken Syd, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and now Nordea. Approximately
2,7 million citizens use BankID in a 1 000 private and public services






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