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FINTECH EVENTS: Norway Fintech Festival
Fintech Events: Norway Fintech Festival, Interview with Nisha Surendran, Citi Digital...
We have an exciting and rare view into WEB3 from no other than Nisha Surendran, Citi's expert in tokenization, Metaverse, and NFTs. With Citi's...
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Will 2023 form the beginning of the next big transformation journey...
Opinion by: Joachim Allerup, Expert Partner, Bain & Company
The Nordic insurance industry has been performing well in the last decade, with significant investment and...
Open Banking: Now & a glimpse of the Future
Opinion by: Sarah Häger, Regional Manager Scandinavia and DACH, Enable Banking
Throughout 2023, I have observed a growing skepticism about the potential of Open Banking....
Ep.99 Openness and Innovation: Latvia’s Secret to Attracting Fintechs Worldwide –...
You may have been using Latvian technology without even knowing it! And its just that the reserved, diligent and extraordinarily innovative Latvians have been...
Ep.98 Flexible Accessible, Fair and Competitive Payment Services for the Future...
In our recent trip to Riga, we had the unique opportunity to chat to Norberts Millers, the product owner at DECTA Payments Gateway, where...
Ep.97 Inside Lithuania’s Thriving Fintech Scene: Mindset, Talent & Ambition Fuelling...
We recently were treated to a delightful conversation with Vaiva Amule, the Head of Fintech Hub LT. In this chat we are diving into...
Ep. 96 Start, Technovate, Invest and Grow: Lithuania’s Rise to Fintech...
We continue to explore the secret recipe that's propelling the Baltic nations into fintech stardom. Now, get ready to hear from the man who...
Ep. 94 Blockchain, the Key to a Fairer and more Democratic...
Blockchain technology has emerged as a game-changer in the financial industry, offering a more secure, transparent, and democratic approach to financial services. As countries...
Ep.93 Supercharging Latvia’s Startup Ecosystem with Deep Tech & Stem Capabilities,...
We know we keep goin on about the Baltics, but hear us out, this group of progressive and astoundingly innovative nations never cease to...
Ep. 92 How Fintech Regulation Drives Exponential Innovation, Marine Krasovska, Bank...
The Baltic region has become a hotbed for Fintech innovation. The three fast rising nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia embody many of the...
Ep.91 Fighting Fincrime with Data, Hannah Becher, Senior Risk and Decision...
Introducing the one and only Hannah Becher, Senior Risk Decision Scientist at Pleo and all-around financial crime-fighting superstar! We recently had the pleasure of...
Ep.90 Three Ways AI can turn Financial Crime Prevention into a...
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Georg Hauer, COO of Hawk:AI and former General Manager of N26 for the German speaking and Northern...
EP. 89 Building Bridges: How Lithuania is Supercharging its Ecosystem to...
"Financial crime prevention and anti-money laundering are critical issues for the banking industry, and it's essential to have a collaborative approach between the central...
Ep.88 Breaking the Chain: How Compliance is Disrupting Financial Crime –...
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Jooseph Vahtras, a compliance expert and former compliance advisory lead at Chainalysis, to discuss a variety of...
Ep.87 Fighting new Financial Crime Threats – Lev Bass, CBDO at...
Our team recently travelled to Riga, the beautiful Capital city of Latvia where we had the pleasure of chatting with Lev Bass, one of...
Ep.86 Tackling the New Challenges of Financial Crime in Web3, Crypto...
We just had a fascinating chat with Marcus Mølleskov, Chief Risk & Compliance officer at Januar, a Danish Fintech specializing in cyrpto payments. In...
Ep. 85 Inside the Mind of Financial Criminals – Mona Lisa...
We sat down with Mona Lisa Schnell, the inspiring Chief Fincrime Officer at MAPGROUP who driven by the motto,"never do nothing" is striving to...
EP. 84 Financial Crime Fighters, the Heroes Keeping your Money Safe...
Love fraud, sanctions, CEO scams, money laundering, insider trading - the list of financial crimes goes on and on. But fear not! because the...
Ep.83 Can AML become the Next Competitive Advantage for Financial Organisations?...
Welcome to Nordic Fintech Magazine's AML and Fincrime Deep Dive! Today we are taking a plunge into the exciting and fast paced world of...
Here’s a crazy idea. The EU should fund marketing that increases...
SVEA’s Nordic payment reports have become a longed-for tradition by now. They often contribute great insights into consumer behavior, and the latest report is...
Ep 82. Strengthening the Market through Fintech and Heritage Finance Collaboration...
Lacklustre Banking experiences got you down? Let's change that! Join us for a captivating conversation with Nicole Perry, Global Strategy Director Digital Business Growth...
Fintech Day Conference: Nordic and Baltic countries could dictate global financial...
The second Fintech Day Conference took place in Vilnius last Thursday, bringing together local and international experts in the field. The conference covered various...
EP.81 Exciting Global Fintech Trends Ahead – Jeff Tijssen, Global Head...
The seamlessly unstoppable growth that fintech had enjoyed for years is finally tapering off. We all watched with excitement the rise of neobanks, fintech...
EP. 80 The Future of Ownership: The Transparent Web 3 Business...
As Web3 becomes everyday part of our lingo, we increasingly see a polarized sentiment between centralization and decentralization. On one side the purists who...
Correct data is key to a better understanding between SMEs and...
Set yourself up for tomorrow's future: Know how to create value through better collaboration. A mine of opportunities is waiting for you and it...
Ep.79 Making Investing Simple and Transparent – Liisi Aarpuu, CFO at...
Investing is perhaps one of the most complex areas of finance, especially for customers without prior knowledge. However, technology and an understanding of the...
Democratizing Wealth: Levelling Society’s Financial Playing Field
Culture is changing at breakneck speeds, and with it, people’s aims and ambitions. Strong trends amongst the young, are not only disrupting the whole...
Ethical Finance: Is complete transparency possible under existing regulatory conditions?
Better transparency seems to be the answer to more ethical finance. But a misaligned regulatory environment makes achieving that transparency challenging.
Transparency sometimes feels like...
Ep. 78 Entrepreneurship & Fintech in the DNA of the “The...
Starting a company is one of the most exciting, satisfying and challenging undertakings anyone can take. And after speaking to hundreds of courageous entrepreneurs...
The Future of Finance: Bringing humanity back to insurance through Insurtech
The insurance sector lagged behind its financial cousins when it came to adopting digital solutions. But tech-driven transparency coupled with a human touch forecast...
In the future of Web3, anyone can become an investor
With the advent of Web3 comes a promise of a more decentralized internet built on blockchain and fueled by token-based economics. This can pave...
Democratization of Financial Services: New access to wealth building opportunities for...
Technology is making financial services that traditionally have been reserved for the few, available to the mass market. A good example of these are...
Crypto is taking a foothold in the Nordics
Although adoption of crypto has historically been slower in the Nordics than in the rest of the world, more and more people — especially...
Sobriety over hype: Levelling the curve of Inflated Expectations on Embedded...
If we haven’t already reached peak hype on embedded finance, it surely can’t be long before we’ll be hearing claims about how it will...
Copenhagen Can Become a Top Priority for Tech Talents
The tech talent shortage is the biggest barrier to growth in fintech companies. To solve this, we must be more accessible and share the...
Eight markets, one region
There is something exceptional about Nordic Fintech. We set out on a quest to find out what it is about Nordic fintech that...
Nordic Fintechs: A Different Breed?
The Nordic region has the highest number of unicorns per capita in Europe, and the last two years have seen Nordic fintechs raising record-high...
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Move Fast with Stable Infrastructure: Fintechs Need a Strong Foundation to...
Fintechs are growing and impacting more of their users’ everyday lives. But with great power comes great responsibility, which makes stable infrastructure key if...
This Nordic Fintech is Changing the Payment Landscape with Open Banking
The financial sector has referred to account payments as the next major shift in the payment landscape for a long time. Now, the expectations...
Fintech is Spreading to Every Sector – and This Scaleup Makes...
In five years, financial data and payment initiations will be so mainstream, it doesn’t make sense to talk about ‘fintechs’ anymore, says Rune Mai,...