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Sweden

SE · SEK @ 0.1069/USD

Tab 06

Fraud & security

Headline fraud totals and typology splits, the rollout of EMV chip, tokenisation, 3DS and biometrics, and the controlling data-protection and payments statutes.

Sweden has the most severe APP-fraud problem in the Nordic region — driven by scam calls exploiting Swish's frictionless UX; Finansinspektionen mandated new SCA-style flows on transactions > SEK 25,000 from January 2025.

Reported payment fraud · 2024

2.2B SEK +22% vs prior year

Card-not-present share

76%

3DS adoption on CNP

96%

Trend lines

What's growing fastest

Where a full typology breakdown is not published, the authorities typically disclose year-on-year growth in specific scam categories. Authorised push-payment (APP) scams and account-takeover fraud are the canonical “wallet era” concerns in most markets.

  • Card-not-present share76%
  • APP scam growth YoY+54%
  • Account takeover growth YoY+31%

Controlling regulation

GDPR (Swedish implementation)

Dataskyddsförordningen — GDPR applies directly; IMY is supervisory authority

Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY)

IPR 2024/886 (non-euro application)

IPR applies to SEK-denominated instant transfers under PSD3 transposition; VoP mandatory October 2025

European Commission

DORA

Effective 17 January 2025

European Commission