Estate’s banking before the estate inventory is completed

Before the estate inventory is completed, any party to the estate may do the following:

• pay bills from the estate’s account
• take inventory of a deposit box
• stop any direct debits
• get information on the deceased’s accounts and services for the date of death and the subsequent period.

Please provide us with a copy of the report on the deceased’s family relationships, which you can order from their local parish or the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. We need this to confirm that you are a party to the estate. If you are a universal beneficiary, a copy of the will proves that you are a party to the estate.

The easiest way to deliver the report on the deceased’s family relationships to us is to use our digital Omaposti mailbox service. Select “Estate matters” as the topic of the new message.

Before the estate inventory, you may pay the following bills from the estate’s account:  

• bills generated prior to death, such as medical bills and bills related to the deceased’s home 
• funeral bills.

To pay the estate’s bills, you can contact Nordea Customer Service, tel 0200 70 000 (local rates apply), or open an expense account for the estate online. The person authorised to manage the estate’s banking will be able to access the expense account through their own Nordea Netbank.

See our price list for bill payments.

Estate’s expense account 

An estate’s expense account is available for Nordea customers. It makes it easy for a party to the estate or another person with access to the estate’s account to pay the bills of the estate in their Nordea Netbank before the estate inventory is completed. The estate needs to have an account with Nordea.

Opening an expense account requires the consent of all parties to the estate known before the estate inventory. They provide a power of attorney for opening the expense account and adding the account to the authorised person’s Nordea Netbank. 

A maximum of 10,000 euros or a smaller amount that is estimated to cover any upcoming bills may be transferred to the expense account from the estate’s other accounts with Nordea. 

To open the expense account, you need to fill in two forms:

• Appendix to account agreement, terms and conditions of an estate’s expense account   (pdf, 576 KB)Opens new window
• Power of attorney for opening an estate’s expense account (pdf, 617 KB)Opens new window

You can send all forms and documents to Nordea digitally via Omaposti at nordea.fi/omaposti. Select “Estate matters” as the topic of the new message.

Any payment service agreements and direct debits the deceased had will remain in force. We recommend that you terminate these to avoid unnecessary expenses. Meanwhile, any e-invoices, online banking codes, access to accounts as well as payment and parallel cards will be terminated automatically. 

Life and health insurance policies are deactivated on the date of death. These insurance policies often include an insurance benefit, which you need to claim separately. You can file a life insurance claim with the insurance company before the estate inventory. Visit nordea.fi/korvaushakemus (in Finnish) for instructions on how to file a claim with Nordea. The insurance benefit is paid in accordance with the beneficiary clause in the insurance policy.