Business & Finance

Vientiä ja tuontia harjoittavien yritysten on suunniteltava kaupankäynnissä myös rahaliikenteeseen liittyvät asiat. Vastaamme kysymykseen: Miten hoitaa rahansiirto ulkomaille?

Kirjailija Veijo Meren hienon, Suomen historiaa käsittelevän sarjan avasi teos ”Maassa taivaan saranat”. Teosnimen uskaltaa kaapata Suuryritystutkimuksen raporttiin, koska se kuvaa myös suomalaisten suuryritysten tuntoja pandemian piinaamassa maailmassa. Arkiosaamisella ja tunnollisuudella voi lunastaa tien alansa huipulle.

Suuryritykset ovat navigoineet viimeiset kaksi vuotta huomattavan sumun keskellä. Epävarmuuden taso on vaihdellut pandemian aaltojen rytmissä. OP:n suuryritystutkimuksen mukaan viimeisen vuoden aikana on tapahtunut kuitenkin selvä käänne: nyt yli kolmannes suuryrityksistä kertoo keskittyvänsä toimintansa laajentamiseen ja kehittämiseen.

Manual work decreases, transaction costs diminish, competitiveness increases and payment transactions become faster. All this will be possible when the recommendations of the International Chamber of Commerce on increasing digitalisation are deployed as practical actions and standards.

The financial markets have relied on accommodative monetary policy for many years. However, a fundamental change in policy is now looming.

Digital interfaces for foreign exchange trading are making the entire cross-border payment process real time, boosting transparency and cost-efficiency as well as speed.

Europe is developing a whole new payment method that will offer both card payments and mobile wallet. OP Financial Group is bringing Finnish expertise to the innovative European Payments Initiative (EPI).

International payment and cash management can appear complicated to companies. Fortunately, transparency and traceability of payments have improved notably in recent years, paving the way for Finnish companies to conquer the world markets all the more agilely.

A well-designed online store and versatile payment options are often the keys to a successful sale. When the Finnish furniture manufacturer Isku launched its redesigned online store, sales also increased in its brick-and-mortar stores.

The Estonian economy has taken a giant leap forward in the past decade. This period of dynamism and digitalisation has given birth to numerous business success stories. OP has been part of it.

The bitcoin fever is already reaching proportions comparable to the famous gold rushes of the 19th century – but is there anything behind the hype?

The last decade has been characterised by a phenomenon known as secular stagnation. This term was coined by Larry Summers in 2014 to describe the chronic savings glut — outstripping the appetite to invest — in the private sector.