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Lunar is a digital challenger bank with the mission to simplify and enrich people’s financial lives, empower them and put them back in control by building the best everyday Nordic bank. Lunar was founded in Aarhus and currently employs around 500 people in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Stockholm and Oslo. In 2019 Lunar received a banking license and is now one of few banks with a Nordic banking platform. Today, Lunar has more than 750,000 private and business customers across the Nordics.
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Lunar Raises €46 Million to Accelerate Nordic Growth
January 27 2026
Lunar today announced a €46 million capital increase to scale its fast-growing business banking and support continued expansion across the Nordics
Lunar Launches “Wallet Story” – Your Banking Year as a Comic
January 14 2026
Lunar customers are presented with a visual Wallet Story of their life with money over the past year
Lunar Appoints Chief Product Officer
December 16 2025
Lunar appoints Mette Hindborg Gade as its new Chief Product Officer (CPO), strengthening the company’s product leadership as Lunar enters its next phase of growth across the Nordics.
Lunar First in Scandinavia to Receive MiCA License for Crypto Services
October 15 2025
Lunar has been authorised as a CASP under the MiCA regulation, making its crypto platform Lunar Block the first in Scandinavia to operate under this license
New Initiative From Lunar Cuts a Further 750 Tonnes of Co₂e Annually
September 24 2025
Lunar is extending its renewable electricity matching from offices building on an existing annual reduction of 210 tonnes CO₂e from offices
PSPs Can Access Swish Directly and Indirectly Through a Single Integration With Moonrise by Lunar
September 10 2025
Moonrise by Lunar launched its RIX indirect product enabling PSPs connect both directly and indirectly to Swish
Lunar Takes to the Clouds - First Nordic Bank to Begin Processing Visa Cards with Cloud Native Pismo Platform
June 19 2025
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, and Pismo today jointly announced that the Nordic challenger bank Lunar will start Visa card processing with Pismo’s platform as the first bank in the Nordics. The move to Pismo enables Lunar to develop and launch new products and solutions faster and more independently for their over one million private and business users across Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Wise Platform Partners With Lunar, Marking Expansion Into the Nordics
June 18 2025
Wise Platform has partnered with Lunar to bring fast, secure and transparent international payments to the Nordics
Lunar Reaches 1 Million-User Milestone - Highlights Continuous Demand for Digital Finance
March 18 2025
Nordic challenger bank Lunar just hit 1 million users across the Nordics a clear reflection of the growing demand
Lunar Launches Lunar Youth – Empowering the Next Generation With Smarter Banking
March 11 2025
Lunar is expanding its position as the leading digital bank in the Nordics with the […]
Froda and Lunar Expand Embedded SME Lending Partnership to Sweden
February 11 2025
Froda, a leading Nordic fintech, and Lunar, the digital challenger bank, are thrilled to announce […]
Lunar Appoints Industry Leader Nanna Bergmann to Drive Moonrise Expansion
February 5 2025
Building on the momentum of its December launch, Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, today announced […]
Lunar Launches Crypto in Norway, Offering Seamless and Secure Trading
January 21 2025
Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, launches crypto in Norway through Lunar Block, a Scandinavian crypto […]
Lunar Rolls Out Major App Update: a Game-Changer in Hyper-Personalized Banking
December 11 2024
Lunar takes digital banking to the next level with the launch of the first-ever major […]
Lunar Introduces Moonrise: A New Era for Enterprise Payments in the Nordics
December 6 2024
Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, is taking a step to redefine enterprise payments by over […]
Lunar Appoints New CFO
November 22 2024
Lunar, the fast-growing Nordic challenger bank, today announces the appointment of Robert Stambro as its […]
Lunar and Saldo Bank Forge Partnership to Transform Nordic Banking and Payment Solutions
October 31 2024
Lunar, the fast-growing Nordic challenger bank, announces a strategic partnership with Saldo Bank, a leading […]
Lunar Launches GenAI Native Voice Assistant for Customer Service, a First in European Banking
October 24 2024
Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, announces the launch of its next generation AI Voice Assistant, […]
Lunar and SAS Partner to Launch Scandinavia's First Debit Card with EuroBonus Points
June 18 2024
The two Scandinavian companies, Lunar and SAS, have entered a new partnership. Today, they are […]
PPRO Partners With Lunar and Swish to Unlock Swedish Consumer Market for Global Businesses
June 4 2024
PPRO, the leading local payments platform, has announced its partnership with Nordic challenger bank Lunar […]
Lunar Appoints International Board Profile as New Chairman
May 3 2024
Experienced international fintech player Tim Brooke Thom joins Nordic bank challenger Lunar as the new […]
Lunar Secures €24.1M in Fresh Capital - Ready for Full Scale Launch in Sweden
May 2 2024
Nordic challenger bank Lunar announced a capital raise of 24.1 million EUR. In February, Lunar […]
Lunar and TrueLayer Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Nordic Payments Landscape
December 6 2023
Nordic challenger bank Lunar is joining forces with TrueLayer, Europe’s leading open banking payments network, […]
Lunar Removes Deposit Limits and Introduces Monthly Returns
August 23 2023
As the only bank in Denmark, Lunar has decided to offer positive interest rates on […]
London Fintech Monzo in Talks for Potential Merger Deal with Nordic Rival Lunar
July 13 2023
In an exciting move that could reshape the fintech landscape, London-based digital bank Monzo is […]
Google Cloud Launches AI-Powered Anti Money Laundering Product for Financial Institutions
June 21 2023
Google Cloud today announced the launch of Anti Money Laundering AI (AML AI), an artificial […]
Froda, Lunar and Visa Launch Embedded Loan Solution for Small Businesses in Denmark
June 20 2023
Froda is launching its card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark together with Lunar and Visa. […]
Lunar opens up infrastructure to enable instant payments in the Nordics
June 7 2023
Strong demand from both national and international payment players drives Lunar to open up its […]
Lunar extends partnership with Danish Padel Federation
June 2 2023
Lunar, a leading financial technology company, and the Danish Padel Federation (DPF) have announced an […]
Visa and Nordic fintech leader Froda unveil world’s first instant push-payment solution for SME business loan market
February 16 2023
Access to financing has long been a major hurdle for businesses eyeing growth. Against this […]
Lunar selects Thought Machine to modernise its core banking system
January 19 2022
Lunar, the Nordic fintech company which recently closed one of Denmark’s largest funding rounds, has […]
Lunar debuts in payments space: Acquires Paylike and launches one-step checkout
October 12 2021
Lunar, the financial services company that offers Nordic consumers and businesses a new way to […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Time for a reinvention’ – Mike Kiersey, Boomi; Flemming Laugesen, Lunar and Tom De Witte, KBC in ‘The Fintech Magazine’
August 26 2021
An established bank, an integration platform-as-a-service, and a challenger, based in Benelux and the Nordics, […]
FF Virtual Arena: Using Tech to Beat Legacy
July 19 2021
In today’s Virtual Arena join Lunar’s Flemming Laugesen and our host Douglas Mackenzie as they […]
Lunar raises EUR 210 million Series D Funding Round
July 12 2021
Lunar, the leading Nordic challenger bank, announces a EUR 210 million series D funding round […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Fintech Show 4.14 - Legacy, Openness and Cloud
June 15 2021
In today’s episode of The Fintech Show we are going to look at how cloud […]
Lunar Launches All-In-One Corporate Card With Spend Management
May 26 2021
Nordic challenger bank Lunar now targets growing SME’s with the launch of its new corporate […]
Lunar and Swedish Lender Lendify Join Forces to Fuel Nordic Expansion
April 20 2021
Nordic challenger bank Lunar is acquiring Lendify, a Swedish digital lending and savings platform, to […]
Lunar Launches Ocean Plastic Cleanup Feature on Spend
March 16 2021
Lunar lets customers clean oceans from plastic when they spend and joins forces with Australian […]
Thought Leadership
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Time for a reinvention’ – Mike Kiersey, Boomi; Flemming Laugesen, Lunar and Tom De Witte, KBC in ‘The Fintech Magazine’
August 26 2021
An established bank, an integration platform-as-a-service, and a challenger, based in Benelux and the Nordics, […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The bank of fun’ – Morten Sønderskov, Lunar in ‘The Fintech Magazine’
March 17 2021
Lunar is the Danish challenger that’s ready to ‘change the way people do banking’ by […]
Videos
Ken Villum Klausen – Lunar – Paris Fintech Forum Leaders Summit 2023
June 27 2023
At the Paris Fintech Forum Leaders Summit 2023, we stopped by for an exclusive interview […]
FF Virtual Arena: Using Tech to Beat Legacy
July 19 2021
In today’s Virtual Arena join Lunar’s Flemming Laugesen and our host Douglas Mackenzie as they […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Fintech Show 4.14 – Legacy, Openness and Cloud
June 15 2021
In today’s episode of The Fintech Show we are going to look at how cloud […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Fintech Show 4.09 – Building the Bank of the Future
March 11 2021
In this episode of The Fintech Show join Thought Machine‘s Gareth Richardson, Societe Generale‘s Sohail […]
Fintech Finance Presents: The Paytech Show 4.04 – Digitisation
December 1 2020
In today’s episode of The Paytech Show we have a number of forward thinking organisations […]
