Nordic Fintech closed 2023 on a high | Nordic Fintech Highlights December 2023

Nordic Fintech closed 2023 on a high | Nordic Fintech Highlights December 2023

Welcome to 2024 – a year promising fresh innovation and excitement in the fintech world! 🎉 We're thrilled to launch the new season of Fintech Daydreaming, and what better way to start than with a Nordic Fintech Highlights special, in collaboration with our good friends at Helsinki Fintech Farm? 📈 December 2023 was nothing short of extraordinary in the Nordics' fintech scene, brimming with interesting news and developments. With so many significant stories, it was a challenge to pick just a few, but here's a sneak peek of what we've covered: 🦄 ePassi's Milestone: ePassi's valuation has skyrocketed to a staggering one billion euros, marking its entry into the elite unicorn club. 🚗 Klarna's drive-now-pay-later move: Klarna extending its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services to car rentals. Discover how this expansion is set to impact the automotive rental industry. 🤝 OP and Nordea's Joint Venture: Witness the future of instant payments in Finland, as OP and Nordea join forces in a joint venture, paving the way for seamless financial transactions and e-invoicing. 🔗 Keen to dive deeper? You'll find the complete December Nordic Fintech Highlights, along with a subscription link, at Helsinki Fintech Farm's Newsletter page - https://www.helsinkifintech.fi/news/nordic-fintech-highlights-december-2023/ - Email us on Hello@FintechDaydreaming.com - Fintech Daydreaming home page - https://www.FintechDaydreaming.com - Fintech Daydreaming on Twitter - https://twitter.com/FintechDaydream - Fintech Daydreaming on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/fintech-daydreaming - Pål Krogdahl - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krogdahl/ - Ville Sointu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ville-sointu-54682b/

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Tap, Merge, Repeat! with Baard Slaattelid from Vipps MobilePay

Tap, Merge, Repeat! with Baard Slaattelid from Vipps MobilePay

In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville and Pål are joined by Baard Slaattelid from Vipps MobilePay - a man who casually drops phrases like “closed-loop wallet,” “payment potato,” and “we accide...

23 Apr 54min

Buy Now, Panic Later, The Embedded B2B Edition | Nordic Fintech Highlights March 2026

Buy Now, Panic Later, The Embedded B2B Edition | Nordic Fintech Highlights March 2026

In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville, Pål, and Janne are back with another round of Nordic Fintech Highlights—recorded somewhere between back-to-back meetings, holiday travel plans, and at le...

10 Apr 44min

One Does Not Simply... Buy from Fintechs with Markus Niemi-Nikkola, Chief Procurement Officer, Savings Bank

One Does Not Simply... Buy from Fintechs with Markus Niemi-Nikkola, Chief Procurement Officer, Savings Bank

In this episode, Pål and Ville sit down with Markus Niemi-Nikkola, Chief Procurement Officer at Savings Bank and quickly realise that procurement might be one of the most misunderstood (and critical) ...

27 Mar 51min

AI Everywhere, AML Under the Microscope & Banking That Delivers (Literally) | Nordic Fintech Highlights February 2026

AI Everywhere, AML Under the Microscope & Banking That Delivers (Literally) | Nordic Fintech Highlights February 2026

Another month, another set of headlines quietly orbiting the same big question:Where does AI actually change the game and where does it just sit on top of old problems?In this Nordic Fintech Highlight...

13 Mar 43min

APIs, Grit and the Finnish Founder Mindset with Joonas Tomperi from Enable Banking

APIs, Grit and the Finnish Founder Mindset with Joonas Tomperi from Enable Banking

In this episode, Pål and Ville sit down with Joonas Tomperi, CEO and co-founder of Enable Banking — and quickly realise this is less about APIs and more about mindset.Yes, we talk open banking. Yes, P...

27 Feb 59min

Klarna Moves Money, Lunar Loads the War Chest, Loomis Rewires the POS | Nordic Fintech Highlights January 2026

Klarna Moves Money, Lunar Loads the War Chest, Loomis Rewires the POS | Nordic Fintech Highlights January 2026

January may have looked quiet on the surface, but the Nordic fintech engine was very much running.In this Nordic Fintech Highlights episode, Ville, Pål and Janne unpack what actually mattered beneath ...

13 Feb 42min

Stablecoins, CBDCs, and Finland’s 1990s Warning Shot with Aleksi Grym

Stablecoins, CBDCs, and Finland’s 1990s Warning Shot with Aleksi Grym

We’re back in central-bank territory with Aleksi Grym from the Bank of Finland, and once again manage to turn a perfectly sensible conversation into a deep dive on money, payments, and why nothing in ...

30 Jan 53min

Welcome 2026 with Nordic Fintech Highlights | Nordic Fintech Highlights December 2025

Welcome 2026 with Nordic Fintech Highlights | Nordic Fintech Highlights December 2025

New year, new season, same format. Ville, Janne, and Pål are back with Nordic Fintech Highlights, opening the season by unpacking three stories that quietly say a lot about where Nordic and European f...

16 Jan 45min

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