19.6.2017

Automatia – Real-Time Mobile Payment

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We advised Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy in its real-time mobile payment project and assisted Automatia in an investigation by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA).

Automatia is a company owned in equal shares by Danske Bank, Nordea Bank and the OP Group. Automatia maintains and develops the network of Otto., OttoPlus. and TalletusOtto. automatic telling machines. Every full-service bank operating in Finland is a customer of Automatia.

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