Fintechpodden

In this episode of Fintechpodden, we have the pleasure of once again having Micaela Vernmark och Jonas Brännvall from TietoEVRY. We will together discover the topic, cashless society. How did we in the Nordics become one of the most cashless societies in the world? What factors did play in, and how will it evolve in the coming years? What differentiates the Nordic region from the rest of the world? Has the development only been good, or does it have downsides as well? This episode will cover this and much more. Enjoy. 

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In Sweden and most other Nordic countries, we have something called BankID. It is a digital ID solution that almost everyone has and you use it to login and give consent to almost everything you do online. Everything from logging in to governmental websites, to your bank, to your favorite fintech, and many other places too. It is very nice and convenient, but it lacks challenges and today we are delighted to be joined by Kristofer von Beetzen who works as Chief Product Officer at one of the challengers, called FrejaeID. They are building a digital identity solution that is giving more power to individuals to take control of their own data. Bring your data with you from app to app, bank to bank, or any other place. FrejaeID has grown fast over the last few years and continues to do so and this conversation that we had we Kristofer was a true learning and inspirational experience that we hope that you will enjoy!

In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by no one else than the CEO of SaveLend, Ludwig Pettersson. Ludwig has a super interesting background as an entrepreneur. He started building his first company when he was just 11 years old and has since then kept his passion for building companies. After high school, he started playing poker and did so successfully for many years before diving deeper into the fintech space with his company SaveLend. Today SaveLend has grown to one of the leading p2p investment platforms in Sweden and we had the great chance to sit down and talk with Ludwig about the IPO, his experiences, and a lot more super interesting stuff. We hope that you will enjoy the episode!

Savelend is currently just weeks away from going public on the Nasdaq Stock exchange, you can read more about it on their webpage here:https://savelend.se/

Fintechpodden website and contact: https://fintechpodden.com/

In this episode of Fintechpodden we have the pleasure of having Aleksandr Peussa, Chief Data Scientist & Director Data Science at TietoEVRY financial services joining us. Aleksandr is responsible for driving AI initiatives and increasing data science maturity within TietoEVRY financial services. In this episode we discuss what steps large organisations need to take to become more data driven. We also explore what competencies an organisation need to have in place to be able to work more data driven. In the end of the discussion we cover what products and areas in the financial service industry that will gain the most by adding AI elements. 

Startup mentioned by Aleksandr:

To learn more about TietoEVRY see their webpage: 

https://www.tietoevry.com/en/industries/financial-services/

In the latest episode of Fintechpodden we have the pleasure of having Mattias Fras, Head of AI Hub at Nordea, joining us. Together with Mattias, we discuss some best practices and learnings from successful AI implementations, what is important for large organizations to think about and how they can utilize their employees in an AI transformation. We also cover what areas and product within a bank that are most suitable for AI implementations today. 

In this episode, we are pleased to be joined by Camilla who is the Director-General (Community) and the co-founder of EPA Asia. She has a long career in the financial technology industry and often talks about coming home when she started her work in the payments industry. Payments is the part of the financial services that touch people’s lives every day, and through EPA Asia work lives can be improved. The payments industry offered her an opportunity to combine her passion for fintech and humanitarian questions. She is also the founder of a boutique consultancy firm Suite2Go which specializes in assisting international Fintech to be succussed in the APAC market.

In 2020 Camilla founded and lead the project Meet-Her She Knows Payments which is an initiative to encourage female thought leadership in the payments industry to secure diversity as a prerequisite for innovation.

Camilla serves on the Board for the Swedish Australian Chambre of Commerce, and she is a mentor for young entrepreneurs. You can reach out to Camilla on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillaolofsson/

In this episode, we have invited Christoffer Nilsson to talk about NFT's (Non-Fungible Tokens). Christoffer is working as digital strategy lead @ TietoEVRY and has a background with studies at Chalmers technical university. He wrote his master's thesis on blockchain and has since continued to deepen his knowledge in the subject. In the episode, we talk about non-fungible tokens. What they are. The latest and biggest happenings in this space and what use cases he sees around the corner for NFT's. Christoffer also openly shares his thoughts on the future of NFT's and what impact they might have on different industries as well as individuals. Join our discussion about this hot trend and learn more about it with us. We hope that you will enjoy the episode.

Christoffer Nilsson on LinkedIn

In this episode, we are joined by our friend from Signicat, John Erik Setsaas. We talk about the latest trends within digital identities, fraud, money laundering, and a lot more. We dig into what has happened since we last talked, how covid have changed the landscape for online fraud and what businesses can do to help their users avoid being exposed to fraud in financial products. John Erik also shares valuable information about Signicat express for startups - a program for startups to get up and running with developer-friendly Identity APIs in minutes. As a startup, you get the first 6 months free and we really think it could be great if you are a startup within fintech. Check it out in the link below.

John Erik on Linkedin:

Signicat Express for Startups:

Signicat's homepage:

In this episode of Fintechpodden, we have the pleasure of having Hugo Sundkjer from TietoEVRY joining us to discuss the latest trends within capital markets. Never before has the capital markets been so accessible to so many people around the world. TietoEVRY is one of the largest providers of services that powers the Nordic capital markets. We discuss some of the latest numbers on the Nordic capital markets development; for example, did you know that 80% of Swedes save in funds, but the number is way lower in Norway? We also look into some trends and the future development in this area. 

Learn more about TietoEVRY at https://www.tietoevry.com/en/industries/financial-services/capital-markets-and-advisory/

In this episode, Johan and Gustaf are joined by Fredrik Ulvenholm who is the CEO of the company called Vilja Solutions. Vilja core banking platform is lots of things. Intuitive. Compliant. Innovative. Standardized. Automated. And Cloud-native. It’s all designed to keep you ahead of your competitors. By giving your bank better building blocks to work with.

We talk about Fredriks journey to where he is today and also a lot about financial super apps and what is needed to be able to create super apps. What is a 'super app'? and who will be the player that creates a 'super app' in Europe first? About that and a lot more in this episode.

Fredrik on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredrikulvenholm/