Featuring the nordic fintech Highlights

A BRIEFING FOR DECISION-MAKERS

YOUR BRIEFING ON THE NORDIC FINTECH MARKET

We track what's moving in Nordic fintech — the deals, the data, the people driving it. Highlights is where we publish what we find: every week, year-round, so you always know what's happening and why it matters.

Most fintech news tells you what happened. Highlights tells you what it means — and introduces you to the people making it happen. We go deeper than headlines: real interviews with founders, investors, and operators across the Nordic ecosystem.

wednesday - may 20
thursday - may 21
time

strategy TALK DAY

20 MAY

various locations

Exclusive pre-summit day dedicated to high-level exchange and meaningful connections - apply or sign up to join.

13:00
Sarvatra Technologies Europe Launch & Reception

Celebrating the establishment of the company’s European headquarters in Helsinki

Apply here.

16:00
Strategy Talk roundtable discussions

Roundtable discussion - Part of the Digital Banking Strategy Arena

By invitation only.

Dittmar & Indrenius, Pohjoisesplanadi 25, Helsinki

17:00
Pre-Event Networking Cocktails

Hosted networking reception in a relaxed setting. Meet speakers, partners, and fellow executives ahead of the summit. Conversations started here often carry through the entire event.

Sign up.

Dittmar & Indrenius, Pohjoisesplanadi 25, Helsinki

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Highlights Arena

8:00
connect
DOORS OPEN

Networking & Breakfast

Opening Block: Setting the Nordic Fintech Agenda for 2026
09:00
Opening Keynote
The Future of Money - Global Signals for Nordic Finance
09:20
Keynote
Lessons from Emerging Markets for the Next Wave of Nordic Fintech
09:35
Keynote
Tax, Compliance and the Invisible Rails of Cross-Border Digital Commerce
09:50
Networking
Networking Transition
Session 1: Open Finance — From Open Banking to Consumer-Permissioned Ecosystems
10:00
Opening Keynote
The State of Open Finance in the Nordics: Beyond PSD2 Toward FIDA
10:15
Fireside Chat
Monetizing Open Data: Where the Business Models Actually Work
10:30
Case Presentation
Scaling a Consumer-Permissioned Data Product
10:40
Closing Panel
Who Owns the Customer in an Open Finance World? Banks, Fintechs and the New Intermediaries
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Session 2: SME Finance — Funding the Backbone of the Nordic Economy
11:15
Opening Keynote
The SME Financing Gap in the Nordics: Risk, Reality and Opportunity
11:30
Fireside Chat
Beyond the Balance Sheet: Alternative Data and AI-Driven Credit Decisioning
11:45
Case Presentation
Building a Nordic-Wide SME Credit Engine
11:55
Closing Panel
Rebuilding SME Banking: Where Incumbents, Neobanks and Private Credit Meet
12:15
Lunch & Networking
Lunch & Networking
Session 3: SME Platform Finance — Financial Services Inside the Platforms SMEs Already Use
13:15
Opening Keynote
The Rise of Platform Finance: Why Software Companies Are Becoming the New SME Banks
13:30
Fireside Chat
From Invoicing to Banking: Building the Financial OS for Nordic SMEs
13:45
Case Presentation
Launching Financial Products to Their Customer Base
13:55
Closing Panel
The Unbundling of SME Banking: Who Wins the Platform Era?
14:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Session 4: Embedded Finance — Finance Everywhere, Banks Nowhere?
14:30
Opening Keynote
Embedded Finance 2.0: From Payments to Lending, Insurance and Treasury
14:45
Fireside Chat
Banking-as-a-Service in the Nordics: Infrastructure, Regulation and Trust
15:00
Case Presentation
Embedding Financial Products into a Non-Financial Journey
15:10
Closing Panel
The Invisible Bank: How Embedded Finance Reshapes Distribution, Margin and Customer Loyalty
15:30
Close of Day
Close of Stage Programme
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Payments Arena

Session A: European Payments Sovereignty — Interoperability, Resilience and the eIDAS 2.0 Era
10:00
Opening Keynote
A Sovereign European Payments Stack: Interoperability, Resilience and Strategic Autonomy
10:15
Fireside Chat
eIDAS 2.0 and the EU Digital Identity Wallet: The Missing Layer of European Payments
10:30
Case Presentation
Bringing the EUDI Wallet into Live Payment Flows
10:40
Closing Panel
From DORA to eIDAS 2.0: Engineering Payments That Don't Break and Don't Depend on Anyone Else
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Session B: Future Retail Payments — The Digital Euro and the New Consumer Payment Experience
11:15
Opening Keynote
The Digital Euro: What It Means for Nordic Banks, Merchants and Citizens
11:30
Fireside Chat
Designing for Public Good and Commercial Viability: CBDC in Practice
11:45
Case Presentation
CBDC Pilots and Retail Integration
11:55
Closing Panel
Cards, Wallets, Account-to-Account, CBDC: Who Wins the Checkout of 2030?
12:15
Lunch & Networking
Lunch & Networking
Session C: B2B Payments and Treasury — Stablecoins, Real-Time Rails and the New Cost of Moving Money
13:15
Opening Keynote
The B2B Payments Reinvention: Why Corporate Treasurers Are Rewriting the Rulebook
13:30
Fireside Chat
Stablecoins in Corporate Treasury: From Curiosity to Core Infrastructure
13:45
Case Presentation
Using Stablecoins for Faster, Cheaper Cross-Border B2B Payments
13:55
Closing Panel
The End of Correspondent Banking? Stablecoins, Instant Rails and the Future of Corporate Money Movement
14:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Session D: Future Digital Commerce — Checkout, Wallets and the Rise of Agentic Payments
14:30
Opening Keynote
Commerce Without Clicks: How AI Agents Will Transform the Payment Experience
14:45
Fireside Chat
The Wallet Wars: Super Apps, Pass-Through Wallets and Merchant Choice
15:00
Case Presentation
Reinventing the Digital Checkout
15:10
Closing Panel
The New Commerce Stack: Identity, Trust and the Economics of the Checkout
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Closing Session: The Fraud Frontier — Defending the Nordics in the Age of AI
15:45
Opening Keynote
AI vs AI: The New Arms Race in Payment Fraud and Financial Crime
16:00
Fireside Chat
Authorized Push Payment Fraud, Deepfakes and the Limits of Consumer Liability
16:15
Case Presentation
Stopping Fraud in Real Time Across Nordic Rails
16:25
Closing Panel
Collective Defense: Can the Nordics Lead Europe on Cross-Industry Fraud Intelligence?
16:45
Close of Day
Close of Payments Arena
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strategy TALK DAY

10:00
circle 1: ai strategy

Roundtable on AI Strategy

11:00
Circle 2: Digital Euro

Roundtable on Digital Euro and CBDSs

13:00
circle 3: wallets & id

Roundtable Digital Wallets and eIDAS

14:00
circle 4: ai lending

Roundtable on AI powered lending

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