Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority retains four systemically important banks and 1% capital buffers for 2026

The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority has retained SEB, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and Nordea Hypotek as other systemically important institutions for 2026. Each bank must continue to maintain a 1% other systemically important institution buffer consisting of Common Equity Tier 1 capital. The 1% requirement applies at group level to SEB, Handelsbanken and Swedbank, and at institution level to Nordea Hypotek. The three major Swedish banking groups continued to score well above the identification threshold under the European Banking Authority methodology, while Nordea Hypotek scored 408 points, exceeding the 350-point threshold for automatic identification.