Oma Savings Bank Plc has completed the acquisition as planned of Handelsbanken’s SME enterprise operations in Finland

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Oma Savings Bank Plc has completed the acquisition as planned of Handelsbanken’s SME enterprise operations in Finland

Oma Savings Bank Plc’s (OmaSp or the Company) has completed as planned the acquisition of Svenska Handelsbanken AB’s (Handelsbanken) SME enterprise operations in Finland on 1st September 2024. As part of the acquisition of the SME enterprise operations, personal banking services for entrepreneurs, excluding asset management and investment services, were also transferred to OmaSp. The acquired SME enterprise operations is geographically located all over Finland.

The size of the deposit base transferred to OmaSp is approximately EUR 440 million and the lending volume approximately EUR 500 million. Approximately 10,000 customers transferred to OmaSp and at the same time 30 people transferred to the Company as old employees.

CEO Sarianna Liiri, OmaSp:
” I am very pleased that the long-prepared business transaction has been completed. OmaSp’s personnel have accumulated solid competence in carrying out corporate transactions. I am really proud of the attitude and the professional skills how the personnel have carried out this project as well.

With this acquisition, OmaSp’s market position will further strengthen in Finland, even though the size of the transferred stock has decreased from the time the transaction was agreed due to several factors, such as long execution time and more accurate segmentation. The transaction will further improve OmaSp’s cost efficiency and business profitability. The transaction strengthens the annual profit before taxes by approximately EUR 7–10 million. The impact on OmaSp’s capital adequacy is approximately -1.7 percentage points through risk-weighted assets, and the Company’s capital adequacy remains stable. The purchase price was paid in cash and was the net value of the balance sheet items transferred on the day of the transaction plus EUR 12 million. The transaction has no effect on the number of shares outstanding in the Company.

We warmly welcome customers from Handelsbanken to OmaSp. We will ensure that a first-class customer experience is maintained with our own banking expert in the future.”

On 31 May 2023, Handelsbanken signed an agreement with OmaSp, S-Bank Plc and Fennia Life Insurance Company Ltd. to sell the bank’s SME enterprise operations in Finland to OmaSp, its retail banking, asset management and investment services businesses to S-Bank, and its life insurance business, including investment, pension and loan insurance, to Fennia.

Oma Savings Bank Plc

Additional information:
Sarianna Liiri, CEO, tel. +358 40 835 6712, sarianna.liiri@omasp.fi
Minna Sillanpää, CCO, tel. +358 50 665 92, minna.sillanpaa@omasp.fi

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OmaSp is a solvent and profitable Finnish bank. About 500 professionals provide nationwide services through OmaSp’s 45 branch offices and digital service channels to over 200,000 private and corporate customers. OmaSp focuses primarily on retail banking operations and provides its clients with a broad range of banking services both through its own balance sheet as well as by acting as an intermediary for its partners’ products. The intermediated products include credit, investment and loan insurance products. OmaSp is also engaged in mortgage banking operations.

OmaSp core idea is to provide personal service and to be local and close to its customers, both in digital and traditional channels. OmaSp strives to offer premium level customer experience through personal service and easy accessibility. In addition, the development of the operations and services is customer-oriented. The personnel is committed and OmaSp seeks to support their career development with versatile tasks and continuous development. A substantial part of the personnel also own shares in OmaSp.