The Thinner the Table, the Smarter the Bank with Riikka Laine-Tolonen from S-Pankki
In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville and Pål are joined by Riikka Laine-Tolonen, CEO of S-Pankki: a bank that started from grocery shopping and somehow ended up managing billions.Riikka walks...
21 Maj 47min
AI Agents, Bank Dinosaurs and Bluetooth Teeth | Nordic Fintech Highlights April 2026
Welcome back to another monthly Nordic Fintech Highlights episode of Fintech Daydreaming! In this one, your hosts start off by complaining about what a slow news month it was—only to be immediately co...
8 Maj 47min
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
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
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 Mars 51min
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 Mars 43min
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
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
