- Business
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (SHB-B.ST) operates as a universal bank offering a comprehensive range of financial services to retail, corporate, and institutional clients; these include savings, transaction, business, currency, and investment accounts; mortgage, committed, private, green, equipment, vehicle, and real estate loans; mutual funds; pension products; credit and debit cards; payment and reconciliation services; foreign exchange; asset management; insurance; forestry and farming banking products; online and mobile banking; private banking solutions; corporate finance; trade finance; cash management; and market research. The bank maintains a decentralized structure with branches primarily in its home markets of Sweden, the United Kingdom, Norway, and the Netherlands, alongside operations in over 20 countries including Denmark (operations ceased in 2022), Finland, Luxembourg, and the United States. Founded in 1871 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, at Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2, Handelsbanken emphasizes long-term customer relationships, local decision-making, and prudent risk management across its business segments of corporate banking, retail banking, asset management, capital markets, and investment banking. In recent developments, the bank completed the divestiture of its Finnish private customer, asset management, and investment services operations to S-Bank in December 2024 for approximately EUR 25 million below net book value, involving EUR 2.5 billion in loans and EUR 2 billion in assets under management; it sold its Finnish SME business to Oma Savings Bank and life insurance to Fennia as part of a 2023 agreement, while divesting remaining Finnish loan portfolios to Rocker AB in December 2024 for about EUR 120 million, with closure expected in early 2025. Additionally, Handelsbanken announced executive changes in November 2025, appointing David Haqvinsson as Chief Credit Officer effective January 2026, succeeding Per Beckman upon his retirement in March 2026.