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Fintech Daydreaming

Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu

Between digital native customers demanding instant gratification and the ever increasing amount of regulation, financial institutions are between a rock and a hard place. The era of the fintech started after the 2008 financial crisis, challenging the status quo. More than a decade later banks haven’t gone anywhere, yet fintech is more relevant than ever. What happened with all the fintech hopes and dreams? In this podcast Pål Krogdahl & Ville Sointu pick one topic in every episode and try to

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00:45:54

Card payments and cloud core - game on or game over?...

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2024/03/15

Strap in for a fintech merry-go-round with the Fintech Daydreaming squad, where the latest episode cuts through the February frost with hot takes that could melt even the iciest Nordic winter. Janne, Pål, and Ville are at it again, dissecting the month's juiciest fintech drama from the comfort of their virtual studio.First, Pål waxes poetic about TUUM's latest cash infusion. Because, apparently, what the world needs is yet another cloud banking platform to save us from the tyranny of

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00:55:35

How to sell to the banks with Ewan MacLeod

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2024/03/01

Strap in, fintech enthusiasts! This episode of "Fintech Daydreaming" is tailored for every fintech startup wrestling with the age-old dilemma: How do we sell to banks? Whether it's peddling services, cutting-edge technology, or simply trying to get banks to sign you up as a customer, navigating the labyrinth to the decision-makers' hearts (and wallets) in banks is no small feat.Join your favorite fintech whisperers, Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu, as they tackle this behemoth of

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00:37:53

Is the digital lipstick a returning trend? | Nordic...

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2024/02/16

Buckle up, fintech aficionados! Our monthly "Nordic Fintech Highlights" episode has arrived, and it's a whirlwind tour through January's most electrifying developments in the Nordic fintech scene. Our dynamic duo, Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu, are joined by the ever-insightful Janne Salminen, the mastermind CEO of Helsinki Fintech Farm and purveyor of many a bad joke, to unpack the juicy details.First on our agenda, we delve into Danske Bank's latest venture with Backbase—a

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00:55:28

Never lose an employee or customer again with Joey...

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2024/02/02

🌟 Welcome to another episode of Fintech Daydreaming, where we navigate the winds of change in 2024! 🚀 This year like every year for many of us begins with a common theme of renewal and transitions, not just in personal lives but also in professional landscapes. As we've noticed, a significant shift happens every year at this time in job markets and career choices – but what's driving this change? 🔍 A staggering 40% of the global workforce is consistently on the lookout for new

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00:49:32

Nordic Fintech closed 2023 on a high | Nordic Fintech...

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2024/01/18

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

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00:36:04

Season End and Christmas Special

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2023/12/22

Many things are getting wrapped this Christmas week and one of them is season eight of Fintech Daydreaming. In our traditional end of season episode Pål and Ville reflect on season eight highlights and main takeaways from what we learned in 2023 overall. As we look forward to 2024, questions are abound: Will the new year be a mere repeat of its predecessor, or are we going to see new themes in the fintech landscape? In this episode we take a swing at some predictions, but we're eager to hear

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00:41:57

Fintech is getting slushy in the Nordic | Nordic...

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2023/12/07

The holiday season is almost upon us, but that doesn’t mean that the world of Nordic fintech is slowing down - quite the opposite! The Slush conference swept through Helsinki just recently and with it came a lot of fintech goodness for us to discuss in this month’s edition of Nordic Fintech Highlights in collaboration with Helsinki Fintech Farm. Stories we covered in this episode: Enfuce secures a new round of funding Tink partners with Savings Bank Group Bank of Lithuania reveals five year

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00:53:42

Unbundling the platform revolution with Sangeet Paul...

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2023/11/24

In this episode of the Fintech Daydreaming podcast, co-hosts Ville and Pål are thrilled to host a distinguished guest, best-selling author Sangeet Paul Choudary, the insightful mind behind the book "Platform Revolution." Sangeet joins the conversation to delve into the seismic shifts that platform business models are inducing across the financial sector. In the conversation, Sangeet identifies a compelling pattern in the global economy: a cycle of digitalization that alternates between

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00:40:41

From Hard Cash to Digital Cash and the future of...

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2023/11/09

In this engaging second episode of our collaboration with Helsinki Fintech Farm, we journey once more through the bustling Nordic fintech landscape. Though payments and venture funding may appear routine, the Nordic fintech sector always keeps us on our toes. This time around, we delve into the pivotal role of national infrastructure in fostering fintech adoption, and explore the impact of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in our daily lives, probing their actual relevance. And fear not, our

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00:48:58

Beyond Banking with Paul Staples

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2023/10/27

If embedded banking and finance are the future of financial institutions, will the role of banks become more critical, less significant, or simply transform? Paul Staples, Head of Corporate Embedded Banking at ClearBank, joins hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to delve into the shifting role of banks within digital ecosystems and its long-term implications. From atrocious quantum jokes to insights on machine-to-machine payments, this episode is a must-listen, even if you believe you've

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00:40:57

From Unicorns to Open Banking Innovations | Nordic...

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2023/10/13

The first ever episode of Nordic Fintech Highlights is here! Pål and Ville join Janne from Helsinki Fintech Farm to discuss what’s hot (or not) in Nordic fintech this month. In this episode we discuss: Alphasense becomes the first Finnish fintech biunicorn - AlphaSense, an AI-based market intel firm, snaps up $150M at a $2.5B valuation | TechCrunch Enable Banking partners for pan-European open banking - Enable Banking, CRIF and Strands Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Open Finance

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00:52:30

Cost of convenience with Marcus Ivarsson

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2023/09/29

Do you have children? If you do, here’s something to think about: your kids are probably multimillionaires before they ever get their hands on a real bank account. How is this, we hear you ask... This is true because of most kids getting exposure to virtual worlds like games with their own digital economies. But this also creates a financial education challenge when bridging the gap from virtual to real money. Marcus Ivarsson has realised this abstraction of monetary value as a design problem that

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00:51:48

The culture of invisible banking with Sudip Khan

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2023/09/14

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is a phrase you hear quite often when talking about developing organisations towards sustainable growth. What happens when the development you need to get done is in a bank and the direction you are taking is invisible banking? How do you cultivate a culture that becomes an environment for innovation in a regulated banking environment? Sudip Khan is the Open Banking Leader in one of Europe’s largest banks, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), and is facing

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00:46:57

Building the blocks of digital finance with Kelvin...

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2023/09/01

Autumn is fast approaching and that means two things: more rain and a fresh new season of Fintech Daydreaming! Season eight of our podcast kicks off on a high note as we welcome CEO of audax, Kelvin Tan for a discussion about the current and future digital banking landscape. Building a digital banking platform in-house in a bank and then packaging it into a product is a journey that builds on the potential of a team that has deep understanding of how banks operate and how to address their needs

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00:33:42

Season 7 wrap-up: celebrating milestones and looking...

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2023/06/23

Join hosts Pål and Ville in this episode of Fintech Daydreaming as they reflect on the exciting journey of Season 7 and share their plans for Season 8. Season 7 was filled with engaging discussions and insightful interviews, covering topics like ESG and embedded finance. The hosts express their gratitude for the continuous growth and support from their audience, with their LinkedIn page now reaching over 2,000 followers. Looking ahead to Season 8, Pål and Ville discuss the growing significance of

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00:50:27

The rise of the machines with Paul Bruckberger

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2023/06/09

“Everything in this world that can be connected, will be connected” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot. What many times gets less attention is how exactly will this massive connectivity of machines and things mean for ownership and value chains that are suddenly sources of a lot of very detailed usage data. Linx4 is an Austrian fintech that saw this opportunity and ran with it. Paul Bruckberger is the CEO and one of the founders of linx4 and he joined Pål and Ville to talk about how exactly

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00:46:16

Live at the Nordic Fintech Summit 2023

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2023/05/26

It’s that time of the year again: Pål and Ville took the show on the road and joined the Nordic Fintech Summit in Helsinki as the official podcast partner to bring you this special episode that was recorded live in our own temporary studio on site. Our hot seat was on high demand and we got to speak with a wide range of guests and exhibitors in the summit. Join the fun as we talk to: Janne Salminen, Helsinki Fintech Farm Connor Blake, Personetics Reggie Rusan, eSystems Nordics Alistair Cotton,

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00:51:14

Cloud Exit with David Heinemeier Hansson

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2023/05/12

Stop the press 💥 Banks are late to the party and are just about to join as the cool kids are already heading for the exits 🚪🏃‍♀️ Sounds about right, but which party is it this time? The public cloud. Join Pål and Ville in this episode of Fintech Daydreaming where we are joined by David Heinemeier Hansson, who is the CTO and co-founder of 37signals - the company that has brought you Basecamp. David breaks down their journey in and out of the public cloud and why this path is soon going to be very

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00:52:34

Bankers like us... right? with Leda Glyptis

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2023/04/28

We don't always have fintech superstars as guests, but when we do, they are shining bright. Leda Glyptis joined Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to talk about her own journey in banking and fintech and how it inspired her to write her recently published book "Bankers like us." Surgeon general warning: This episode might give you superpowers - especially if you're working in the trenches of digital transformation in a bank. - Email us on Hello@FintechDaydreaming.com - Fintech

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00:53:00

Driving Fintech Innovation at Speed with Anders...

Fintech Daydreaming ·

2023/04/14

Have you ever wanted to ask a fintech VC what are the ingredients for your company's success and scaling globally? Us too! Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu sat down with Prakash Pattni from IBM and Anders Hammarbäck from Antler to talk about the current trends in fintech but most importantly how to take a fintech idea to practical execution and how to get funding. Will we be able to carry out a conversation about fintech trends without spiralling down the crypto debate drain? Are Pål and Ville

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