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The Nordic Investment Bank signed an eight-year, EUR 200 million (USD 232.7 million) sustainability-linked loan with Elisa Corporation on 10 December 2025, its second such facility with the Finnish telecommunications operator. The interest margin is tied to three KPIs: a 42% absolute reduction in Scope 1, 2 and selected Scope 3 GHG emissions by 2031 (versus a 2021 baseline), and cutting the population in Finland and Estonia lacking minimum 100 Mb/s high-speed connectivity to 1% by 2031. EUR 100 million of the facility was drawn by end-2025. Global Trade Alert logs the below-market multilateral development-bank financing as a "red"-flagged state-loan intervention.

NIB, the multilateral development bank owned by the eight Nordic and Baltic member states, signed a EUR 50 million (approx. USD 58.4 million), 10-year loan with Vantaa Energy Ltd (Vantaan Energia Oy) to finance electricity network investments for 2024-2028, including new power lines, substations and smart meters. The financing is expected to raise regional grid capacity by 250-300 MW and connect roughly 12,000 new customers. NIB's below-market development-bank funding cost functions as a state-adjacent subsidy for Finnish grid infrastructure buildout.

Finland's parent foreign-direct-investment screening statute. Laki ulkomaalaisten yritysostojen seurannasta (172/2012) — originally enacted in 2012 to replace the 1992 act — was comprehensively amended by Act 682/2020, which entered into force 11 October 2020 to align Finnish national procedure with EU Regulation 2019/452 establishing the EU FDI cooperation mechanism. The Act establishes (i) mandatory ex-ante notification to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) for non-EU/EEA acquisitions of Finnish entities producing or supplying defence equipment, dual-use goods, or products/services critical to functions vital to society, and (ii) voluntary notification for any acquisition of a Finnish company with "critical interests for securing societal vital functions." Foreign-owner triggers apply at 10%, one-third, and 50% of voting rights or equivalent influence. TEM is designated the Finnish FDI contact point under Reg 2019/452. Confirmation is granted by TEM unless a key national interest is endangered, in which case the matter is referred to a Government plenary session (Valtioneuvoston yleisistunto); a denied transaction obliges the foreign owner to dispose of the shares within a stated period.