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What makes the Nordics a hotbed for innovation? Join Love Dager and Lana Brandorne of Stockholm Fintech as they deep dive into the secrets behind Nordic tech success and fearless innovators, from strong safety nets to early-age encouragement.
- The culture of collaboration and early education in entrepreneurship in the Nordics.
- Understand the safety nets that encourage bold innovation and learn how Stockholm Fintech Week shapes the global fintech landscape.
- Discover trends in embedded payments, cybersecurity, AI, and the future of banking and finance.
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Love Dager
Love Dager is the CEO and co-founder of Stockholm Fintech, supporting the fintech ecosystem in Sweden and the Nordics to collaborate and thrive. As well as serving as an entry point to the Nordics for anyone looking into establishing or doing business here. When Love is not working with Stockholm Fintech, he also organizes hackathons for impact and angel invests in early stage startups.
Lana Brandorne
Lana Brandorne is Co-founder and Board member of Stockholm Fintech, being engaged in the startup and fintech space for the past decade, she is currently working at Mastercard as a business developer in the Fintech Issuing team. She has a strong background in building relationships with founders, external stakeholders, and key ecosystem players in the fintech industry. Lana has experience in managing and facilitating partnership platforms that foster symbiotic growth between banks, fintechs, and Mastercard, such as Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV, where she served as a Program Manager for 2.5 years. Before joining Mastercard, she was working at an open banking startup Instantor, which later got acquired by Tink. During the Stockholm Fintech Week, she facilitates topics on Embedded Finance, Open Banking and Lending.
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Denise Johansson is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Enfuce, the first fintech in the world to put payment processing in the public cloud. Denise is a dynamic female innovator and leader with almost 20 years of experience in the payment industry.
Denise, whose expertise has been recognised by several initiatives including InspiringFifty, has helped numerous European fintechs and financial institutions enter new markets quickly with safe, secure, and scalable card products. She is committed to encouraging more women into fintech, inspiring them to set bold goals and work towards them.
