Nordea Estonia opens an office in Pärnu
Nordea Estonia opens an office in Pärnu Merita Bank Plc Estonian Branch, being a part of Nordea Group, opens today a new bank office in Pärnu. The office, providing full scope of services, brings new credit and investment opportunities to Pärnu. According to the Manager of Nordea Pärnu Office, Mr. Heldur Sass, the presence of Nordea in Pärnu makes banking services more convenient and easily accessible to customers than before. - I believe that the housing loan at an interest rate of 8.5% presently offered by Nordea significantly stirs up the real estate market in Pärnu. Corporate and personal customers will enjoy the opportunity to invest in large and reliable funds of Scandinavian banks investing in Europe, said Mr. Sass. In the Pärnu office customers may apply for loans, overdraft and guarantees in any currency. Contracts on electronic banking services Solo Multibank and Internet banking service Solo Internet, as well as telephone banking services, can be concluded in the office. It is possible to open accounts, conclude contracts on card services and perform other banking operations. Nordea Estonia has two offices and two service points in Tallinn and one in Tartu. Nordea Pärnu office is located in the recently completed Blauhaus Business Centre. Pärnu office will employ 5 persons. - The branch of Merita Bank Plc, presently a part of Nordea Group, started in 1995 as the first foreign bank in Tallinn. Baltic countries and Poland are the new home markets for Nordea and very important area of growth in the near future, said Mr. Heikki Viitanen, Deputy Head of Regional Bank Baltic countries and Poland. For further information: Heldur Sass, Nordea Estonia, Director of Pärnu Office, tel.: +37 44 81 020, e-mail: heldur.sassnordea.com Signe Anton, Nordea Estonia, Head of Products and Markets of Merita Bank, tel.: + 372 6 283 331 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/16/20010316BIT00160/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/16/20010316BIT00160/bit0002.pdf