Fintechpodden

In this episode we have the pleasure of having Camilla Sorknes from TietoEVRY joining us. At TietoEVRY Camilla works at Head of Core and she will give us an intro to core banking. We will cover the latest developments, BaaS, the move from mainframes to cloud and much more. Tune in! 

Link to TietoEVRY: https://www.tietoevry.com/en/industries/financial-services/banking-as-a-service/

In this episode, we are joined by two Regtech experts, Richard Rosenholtz and Zaliia Gindullina to talk about the Regtech scene in Stockholm, Sweden. Both guests have recently contributed with their expertise within Regtech to the Stockholm Fintech Guide provided by Invest Stockholm. 

Both Richard and Zaliia works in the Regtech scene in Stockholm and are active in the Nordic Regtech Association. 

During the conversation, we get to listen to our guests discuss and share their knowledge of the Regtech industry in Stockholm. We cover topics such as: what are the main barriers to enter the Regtech space and how could you overcome them, how did the global pandemic impact this space and what trends do we see in the coming years. 

If you want to read the Stockholm Fintech Guide, you will find it through this link:

In this episode, we are joined by three fantastic guests, Michal Gromek, Angelica Klerfelt, and Markko Waas to talk about the Insuretech scene in Stockholm, Sweden. All three of the guests have recently contributed with their expertise within Insuretech to the Stockholm Fintech Guide provided by Invest Stockholm. Angelica is working as a manager at EY within the Insurance Industry. Markko is CEO and Co-founder at Claims Carbon which is an Insuretech startup that is helping decarbonize insurances and in that way bring more sustainability into the insurance industry. Michal Gromek, who has been in the podcast before, is a well-known fintech enthusiast and ecosystem contributor and is also working as Chief Compliance Officer at Safello.

During the conversation, we get to listen to the three guests discuss and share their knowledge of the Insuretech industry in Stockholm. Angelica shares interesting insights from the perspective as a consultant helping large insurance institutions and insured techs, and from Markko we get to hear about how it is to actually be that Insuretech startup that is challenging the industry with new perspectives, ideas, and views on sustainability.

If you want to read the Stockholm Fintech Guide, you will find it through this link:

In this special episode of Fintechpodden, the two host, Gustaf and Johan tries to make sense of the latest development in the Buy now pay later space. With nearly daily headlines about fundings, acquisitions and new collaboration, the Buy now pay later space has never been as hot as right now. In this episode, we are trying to understand the underlying development, why this is happening right now, what differs from the traditional check-out options in the market and who the users are. This and much more you will hear about in this episode, enjoy! 

In this episode we have the pleasure of having Kim Engman from TietoEVRY joining us for a deep down into Central bank digital currencies, CBDCs. There is currently a lot of hype around this area with many countries running pilots or planning to run in the near future. Together with Kim we are trying to break down what is happening and how the future development might look like. We also get an introduction from Kim on the role of central banks and a short history of money.

In this episode, we had the great chance to speak to Sten Ivan who is working as Head of Growth at the cryptocurrency startup Hodlnaut. Sten went into the role and the whole cryptocurrency market not that long ago and shares his experiences so far. We of course also talk a lot about Hodlnaut, what they do and what risks come with working with lending in the crypto industry. We hope that you find it as interesting as we did.

In this episode, we are very happy to be joined by a true cards specialist, Mario Blazevic, from TietoEvry. Mario has a very interesting background starting as an entrepreneur and co-founder to a semi-conductor provider in Norway. After that, he has spent many years within the fintech industry and especially within the cards business. In the episode, we get to listen to Mario share his knowledge and insights from the industry as well as his take on the current market situation and what Mario believes will happen to go further into the future. At the end of the episode, Mario also shares how interesting stats about card payments, so make sure to stay till the end!

Link to TietoEVRY: https://www.tietoevry.com/

In this episode of Fintechpodden, we are pleased to have Jonas Kullgren, Head of Business & Product Development, within financial crime prevention at TietoEVRY. Jonas has a long experience in the financial crime prevention space and shares some of his knowledge about this hot topic. We discuss the latest trends and what differentiates fintechs from traditional banks in how they work with this topic. We also discover some of the coming trends and what areas criminals are focusing on. Listen in to learn more about this and much more. 

In this episode of Fintechpodden, we have the pleasure of having Fredrik Ulvenholm, CEO at Vilja solutions joining us. We discuss why SME historically have had problems accessing good financing solutions and what is currently happening on the market. Listen in to learn more about the current development and where the market is heading. 

Learn more about Vilja solutions here: 

https://viljasolutions.com/

In this episode, we are joined by Erica Stanford who is the founder & CEO of Crypto Curry Club - a community from London full of expertise within crypto. You can check out the club here: https://www.cryptocurryclub.com/ Erica has spent recently spent a lot of time researching how scams have happened and evolved within the crypto space since its inception and that is what we talk about in this episode. Everything from mt.gox to one coin and many other types of scams that have occurred within crypto. Erica shares a lot of valuable insights and we also talk about what can be done to avoid getting scammed and what the industry can do in order to protect itself against the scammers. Erica has written a book called Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions, and Industry disruption - which we of course talk a lot about in this episode. We hope that you will enjoy and learn a lot from this episode.

If you would like to get your hands on Erica's book, you can find it on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Crypto-Wars-Billions-Industry-Disruption/dp/1398600687/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=erica+stanford&qid=1623960695&sr=8-1