The parties' ambition to create a mobile payment wallet across borders has not changed. Both Danske Bank and the Norwegian banks behind Vipps would have preferred the merger, as planned, to include OP Financial Group and Pivo, but we respect the Commission's concerns and now hope for a swift approval,' says Christian Bornfeld, Head of Personal Customers at Danske Bank. The merger is still the right decision Danske Bank and the banks behind Vipps remain convinced that the merger of Vipps and MobilePay should go ahead, since it will create one of the most complete mobile wallets in Europe. When created, the new joint company based on Vipps and MobilePay will have almost 11 million users and more than 400,000 physical shops and webshops as customers who combined carry out about 900 million transactions each year. It will also employ 600 highly qualified employees. The name of the new company will be Vipps MobilePay AS.