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Finland

Finland has also seen an uptick in its overall rating since last year , with its score rising 14 basis points to reach 5.40 . Rated as Good by our respondents , nine of the 13 categories have seen an upward trend over the last 12 months . Asset Servicing and Relationship Management have seen the largest annual shift , both increasing by 56 basis points , followed by Account Management which increased by 48 basis points . Relationship Management ( 6.29 ) and Account Management ( 6.03 ) received the highest ratings , with both categories sitting at Very Good . Technology has received the lowest rating ( 4.63 ), dropping from 5.19 last year , and is also the category with the largest downward year-on-year shift .

SEB With its overall rating at 5.85 , firmly above both Finland ’ s and the global average score , it has been a strong 12 months for SEB in the country . With five of the 13 categories being rated as Very Good , all bar one have seen an uptick in rating this year . Technology has seen a slight downward shift , falling 35 basis points year-on-year , though there is praise for how user friendly SEB ’ s online presence is .
Relationship Management ( 6.74 ) has seen the largest positive shift , as well as having the highest score , however it is Asset Safety and Risk Management which is particularly interesting . Rated as Good last year , this year this category has seen quite the jump in its rating from clients , pushing it into the Very Good Range , with the second largest growth on the previous year . Perhaps this increase is due to SEB ’ s ability to “ advise on any issue ” - as clients pointed out – with others heaping praise for
“ safekeeping assets and managing risk ”.
Finland
Finland 2024
Finland 2023
Global Average
Difference to Global
SEB
Account Management
6.03
5.55
5.83
0.20
6.59
Asset Safety and risk management
5.81
5.50
5.73
0.09
6.35
Asset Servicing
5.76
5.20
5.59
0.17
6.15
Cash Management and FX
5.31
4.94
5.46
-0.16
5.85
Client Service
5.87
5.48
5.84
0.03
6.40
Data Services
4.81
5.06
5.44
-0.63
4.97
Service Innovation
5.20
5.26
5.43
-0.24
5.40
Liquidity Management
5.08
4.94
5.41
-0.34
5.62
Pricing
5.12
5.05
5.20
-0.09
5.52
Regulation and Compliance
5.58
5.45
5.57
0.01
6.04
Relationship Management
6.29
5.73
6.15
0.14
6.74
Securities Lending
4.70
5.00
5.17
-0.47
5.50
Technology
4.63
5.19
5.33
-0.70
4.94
Average
5.40
5.26
5.55
-0.15
5.85
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