IT leasing and management company 3 Step IT
has signed a funding partnership with Swedish bank Ikano Bank.
The Finland-headquartered firm said the
partnership was necessitated by increasing business volumes in the
Swedish market.
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Peter Onstrand, managing director for 3 Step
IT in Sweden, said: “We’re very pleased to welcome Ikano as one of
our new funding partners.
“Increasing volumes in the Swedish market have
led to the need to broaden local funding channels, and Ikano Bank,
with its customer focus and flexibility, will help us do just
that.”
Ikano Bank, which is owned by the Kamprad
family, founders of IKEA, currently operates in nine countries
including the remaining Scandinavian nations where the partnership
with 3 Step IT will be expanded, beginning with Norway.
Peer Velde, general manager for 3 Step IT in Norway, said: “This
partnership will help us increase our penetration with SMEs and
also expand within the retail and industrial segments.”
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By GlobalDataIkano Bank and 3 Step IT are also currently investigating expanding
their cooperation to Finland.
Richard Jonsson, country manager at Ikano Bank Corporate, which
provides leasing, vehicle financing and factoring products across
its markets, said: “We welcome the cooperation with 3 Step IT.
“The partnership will benefit us through an
expanded portfolio and increased business flow, as well as all the
advantages of a strategic IT-finance partnership.”
