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PODCAST

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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00:56:52

Revving the Engine by Starling with Nick Drewett

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2023/03/31

Every vehicle needs an Engine, and in case your vehicle happens to be a financial institution you probably should have a listen to this week's episode of Fintech Daydreaming. Chief Commercial Officer of Engine by Starling Nick Drewett joined Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to talk about how the success of Starling Bank in the UK inspired the build-up of Engine by Starling; a software as a service platform that promises that any bank could become the Starling Bank of their own country. Join us

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00:33:28

Unraveling the Next Big Thing in Asia's Superapps...

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2023/03/17

This special episode of Fintech Daydreaming was recorded live and for the first time ever in front of a live audience at the Mobey Forum member meeting in Vienna. Alessio Basso from AWS joined us on stage to discuss one of the hottest topics in fintech right now: superapps. Is this phenomenon just the result of unique circumstances restricted to China or the future of digital ecosystems and service delivery on a global scale? Are superapps actually the next generation of digital wallets or is

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00:58:59

Fintech Down Under with Dexter Cousins

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2023/03/03

We go above and beyond with Down Under in this week's episode of Fintech Daydreaming as Pål and Ville is joined by Dexter Cousins from Tier One People to talk about the Australian fintech scene 🦘🪃🇦🇺 Recording an Ozzy episode is an entertaining proposition by default, but on top of that we might have ended up actually learning something about fintech and happy life - we hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we did recording it 😎 - Email us on Hello@FintechDaydreaming.com - Fintech

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00:45:03

Is SEB Embedded the next Nordic success story? with...

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2023/02/17

SEBx has been the poster child of Nordic bank innovation and subject of endless intrigue from the fintech community since its inception. The founder of SEBx and current Head of SEB Embedded Christoffer Malmer joined Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu on this episode of Fintech Daydreaming to tell the whole story and share his insights to some of the burning questions everyone working with emerging technologies in banks is asking: how did SEBx get off the ground? How to navigate the control environment of

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00:54:47

Days of future (payments) past with Anders Olofsson

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2023/02/03

Time is relative and we go quantity over quality in jokes when Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu get to host Anders Olofsson in this week's fix of Fintech Daydreaming. We jump from bitcoin to central banks, to connection problems, to Wirecard and more in this fast paced episode. Doesn't sound like a plausible script for a podcast but somehow we covered it all in this rollercoaster of an episode that shouldn't bore anyone - so grab the popcorn and enjoy the ride 😄 - Email us on

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00:55:49

Are Fintech and Banks ready to take on the Challenges...

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2023/01/20

Season seven is here! Our Fintech Daydreaming hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu have (mostly) survived the holiday season, and have picked-up right back where we left off in 2022 by starting with one of the most important topics we are all going to be talking about in 2023: ESG in banking and fintech. Luckily we found just the right expert to tell us all about the ups and downs of the challenge that we're facing in ESG: Adam Thompson spends his days making an impact in this space but managed to

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Season's (finale) greetings from Pål and Ville...

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2022/12/23

Time to wrap up season six of Fintech Daydreaming and see what (if anything) we learned in 2022. In our season finale we at least learn that ChatGPT hype has finally caught up with Pål and Ville, but is there a fintech angle to it at all and what is it good for actually? What about the problems of AI that are certainly going to be front and center with ChatGPT too? Sit back, relax, grab a beverage of your own preference and join us for this relaxed wrap-up of this season and don’t worry: we will be

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00:56:33

Minting the future of AI and data privacy with Amir...

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2022/12/09

What do bananas, Finnish sauna, personal finance management and chimpanzees have in common? Data, obviously 🤷‍♂️ Before you ask - have a listen to this penultimate episode of season six where Amir Tabakovic from Experiens.ai joined our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to educate us about AI, machine learning and data usage in banking. In addition they take a run down memory lane of how Amir got involved with data driven financial services in the first place, and ended up lecturing in

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00:52:17

Global, local, digital banking with Jeff Parker

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2022/11/25

How does a global company navigate the perilous landscape of regional regulation and remain competitive? Fintech companies handle a tremendous amount of sensitive and private data that puts them in the centre of this exact question. Jeff Parker leads Marqeta's international unit and has a lot to say about how to find answers to difficult data questions that go way beyond just GDPR. Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu sat down with Jeff around our virtual Fintech Daydreaming podcasting table and learned

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00:40:36

Is community the secret sauce of Open Banking with...

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2022/11/11

Have you ever wondered what happens when you put two recovering bankers and our resident bank platform advocate Pål Krogdahl in the same podcast episode, and start talking about how open banking came about in the Nordics? Us at Fintech Daydreaming too, and that's exactly why we invited Sarah Häger for a chat with our hosts Ville Sointu and Pål Krogdahl, to tell us all about how to build a successful developer community in an unlikely environment like a bank. - Email us on

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00:39:18

Fintech Daydreaming at Sibos 2022

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2022/10/28

It’s that time of year again. The season when who’s who of the financial services industry flock to a get together that still today is the largest migration of bankers and Fintech nerds heading to one place: the annual Sibos conference. Our co-host Pål Krogdahl found himself in the middle of it all and we decided to share the experience with all our listeners. What’s hot (and not) this year? Why does everyone look so tired every morning? All this and more with this week’s episode - tune in! -

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00:47:51

Banking, transmuted with Nick Root

Fintech Daydreaming ·

2022/10/14

"Here we go again" we thought when we scheduled this episode recording that it would be another one about embedded finance. At the same time we realised that this is a chance to get to the next level in the discussion: how does embedded finance really work? What is the terminology we should use and what are the implications of delivering these capabilities across national borders and over different jurisdictions? Our guest for this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Nick Root, Co-founder and CEO at

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00:56:58

Think like a Brand, Not a Bank with Liz High (and...

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2022/09/30

What is a brank? While we break new grounds in Fintech Daydreaming every now and then this is the first time we might have accidentally invented a new word that tells everything about how banks could re-invent their brand strategy. Join Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu for this episode, where they talk with Liz High (unfortunately Allison was unable to join us at last minute) about how banks today could do better with the way they communicate their investments in a digital world, and how that

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00:47:48

Cloudy with a Chance of Modernisation with Howard...

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2022/09/16

Season six continues with another mega-trend and another mega-guest: current Head of IBM Cloud Platform and former Bank of America CTO Howard Boville, re-joins Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to talk about what’s what in regards to banks moving to the cloud - and more. A lot has happened since Howard was with Fintech Daydreaming the last time (S02:E05). We get to hear an update on where the current industry status on cloud adoption, and learn about every banker’s dream - mainframe on the cloud! ☁️🏭

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00:54:48

Open season for banking with Eyal Sivan (a.k.a Mr....

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2022/09/02

Open season for banks or the season for open banking? In this episode Eyal Sivan, Mr. Open Banking himself, joins Ville Sointu and Pål Krogdahl in the Fintech Daydreaming studio, and right off the bat go deep into the philosophy of open banking. They end up making a full tour around definitions, regulation and actual use cases just to round it up in time to talk about the future of it all. In short: Ever wondered about anything related to open banking? This is the episode you don't want to miss. -

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00:56:56

Will Blockchain save the Metaverse with Anthony Day

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2022/08/19

The short but sweet Nordic summer is over and it's time to kick off season six of Fintech Daydreaming! We've been trying to get the blockchain leader and fellow podcast host Anthony Day (host of the podcast "Blockchain won't save the world") to be a guest on our podcast for quite a while now so we couldn't have been happier to get him to join our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu to kick off this season. Will we finally get a proper definition of web3? Is there a real use case for web3 and does

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00:47:32

The (FinTech) Boys of Summer

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2022/06/09

Summer is officially here, and that means it’s time to end another roller coaster of a season of the Fintech Daydreaming podcast. Before we do that though, our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu sat down to summarise some of the main highlights, key themes and best takeaways of season five. As a bonus Ville drops a career newsbomb seemingly out of nowhere 💣 Special thanks to all our fans for listening and watching us during season five. Fintech Daydreaming will return for season six in August with

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00:52:52

Around the fintech world in 50 minutes with Hyung-Gon...

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2022/05/26

Summer is almost here but the team at Fintech Daydreamingare showing no signs of slowing down as we finally got one of our most anticipated guests to join us for a chat. Our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu sat down with Paul Yoo from Meta who has a phenomenally interesting career that has taken him around the world working for some of the best known brands in fintech. We got to talk about everything from crypto to the metaverse and ended up learning about how once upon a time bitcoin “almost”

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00:51:57

Digital for good with Chris Skinner

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2022/05/13

Getting the fintech legend and author Chris Skinner to join us for a chat in our Fintech Daydreaming studio was a fantastic milestone for us. Our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu got to talk about everything from his new book “Digital for Good” to the metaverse, but little did we expect that we’d learn what Chris thinks about one of our hosts (all said in jest), superhero fintech jokes and the legend of Captain Cake 🍰 Sounds confusing? Listen in and everything will become clear. - Email us on

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00:38:03

Getting to the core of banking with Ion Fratiloiu and...

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2022/04/29

Another day another episode about banking as a service? And, why not! Ion Fratiloiu from Yobota joined us to give us a new perspective to the topic: from a platform to a full stack banking as a service provider by becoming part of a fully licensed bank. We also continued to develop our long term plan to launch the Fintech Daydreaming bank in exotic countries where we have listeners. Tune in to hear what our hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu need to do next! - Email us on

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