Eugene Nilson

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Associate Editor, FinanceX Magazine

Eugene Nilson is Associate Editor at FinanceX Magazine, where he sits at the intersection of marketing, technology, and the financial industry - the three worlds he's spent his career connecting. He brings a sharp eye for the stories shaping FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, payments, blockchain, cybersecurity, and sustainability, helping translate complex developments into insights that resonate with the magazine's readers.

A self-described pedigree growth-hacker, Eugene has built his reputation distributing knowledge across the financial industry and helping companies grow into recognised thought-leaders. At FinanceX, he channels that same instinct into the editorial side, shaping content that informs, engages, and keeps readers close to the conversations driving the industry forward.

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Jul 3, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Sweden's Services PMI Hits 56.6 in June, Signaling Broadest Business Recovery Since Late 2025

Sweden's private services sector expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in June, with the Purchasing Managers' Index for services climbing to 56.6 from 54.2 in May, according to data released by Swedbank and the Silf purchasing managers' panel. The reading, the highest since November 2025, pushed the index above its long-run average of 55.6 for only the second time this year and arrived alongside a composite PMI of 57.1, itself the strongest since November. The improvement caps a...

Jul 2, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Friendly Fraud Now Hits 83% of Enterprise Merchants, Reshaping Dispute Strategy

Friendly fraud, the practice of disputing a legitimate card transaction as unauthorized, has increased over the past three years for 83.4% of enterprise merchants, according to the 2026 Chargeback Field Report from dispute management firm Chargebacks911. Across all merchant sizes, 73.7% of respondents who tracked a change in first-party fraud reported an increase, and 74.4% now call it a moderate or significant concern. The report, built from survey responses from more than 250 merchants,...

Jul 1, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Tide launches business investment account for 900,000 UK SMEs

Tide has opened a dedicated investment account for small businesses, becoming the first UK SME-focused finance platform to build one directly into the app where more than 900,000 British firms already bank. The Tide Investment Account (TIA), live in-app from 30 June 2026, lets business owners move surplus cash into diversified funds without leaving the platform, targeting a long-standing gap between low-yield business savings and the wider capital markets. The product arrives via Tide Capital...