Program
Welcome to the core of Sthlm Fintech Week, the stage program! See below for the full agenda, with details being published on a rolling basis.
Venue location
Sergel Hub, Sveavägen 10A, Stockholm [Google Maps]
Read more about our 10 Tracks
- Regulatory – How policymakers are shaping Fintech
- RegTech – What can RegTech do for ESG?
- Combating the Dark Side of Fintech
- Ecosystem Banking
- Paytech – Cross-border & Real-time
- Lending and Embedded Finance
- Open Banking & Open Finance
- Web3 – What is it now, and forward?
- Startup Pitch Battle
- Impact – How impact fintech enables climate action
Monday
Monday Feb 13th
Tuesday
Tuesday Feb 14th
15:00 - 17:00
Pre-Event Check-in & Badge Collection
Check in and collect your badge so you don't have to queue in the morning!
15:00 - 17:30
Community Session: Machine Learning in Fintech
Malmskillnadsgatan 36, 111 57, Stockholm. Amazon Web Services, floor 7
Co-Organized with Amazon Web Services
Discover the essential techniques for managing and scaling Machine Learning (ML) projects. Learn about key components, such as infrastructure management, model deployment, governance and monitoring, and collaboration between data scientists and IT teams. Learn more here: https://aws-experience.com/emea/stockholm/e/02718/community-session-machine-learning-for-financial-services
17:30 - 20:00
VC & Founders Mingle by AWS
Arena Sergel, Malmskillnadsgatan 36
Co-Organized with Amazon Web Services
Have a drink with like-minded Fintech enthusiasts, discuss current investment landscape, get to ask AWS cloud experts your burning questions and network with our VC partners.
Register here: https://vcandfoundersaw.splashthat.com
17:30 - 19:00
Money 20/20 World Tour- Stockholm
TAK Restaurant 14th floor. Brunkebergstorg 2-4, 111 51 Stockholm, Sweden
This Valentines day, we're headed to the Nordics and playing cupid by hosting a Happy Hour in Stockholm during Sthlm Fintech Week to help you find true love...well, at least your true love for fintech :) Registration required! Find out more here: https://www.money2020.com/world-tour/stockholm
Wednesday
Wednesday Feb 15th
09:00 - 17:00
Breakout Sessions
As a community-driven event, these are 3rd party organized events, held at the Sthlm Fintech Week venue.
09:00 - 10:30
Regulatory – How policymakers are shaping the future of Fintech
Co-Organized with American Express
With a new government in place and Sweden entering the presidency in EU during the spring this track will focus on the role of fintech in upcoming regulation and policy initiative on national and European level.
The negotiation on policy matters like a potential Open Finance regulation and PSD2 Review will continue to intensify. This is the time for Sweden to take the lead in digital finance in Europe. How does policy makers and industry look at the new opportunities that upcoming regulation could mean? This track includes the release of the 4th annual report on the state of the fintech market in Sweden
This track is presented by expert Louise Grabo. Louise is the secretary general of the Swedish Fintech Association and the Swedish representative of the European Economic and Social Committee.
10:30 - 12:00
RegTech – What can RegTech do for ESG?
Co-Organized with ALM Partners
ESG is creeping into every discussion Banks and FinTechs are having. The topic is so wide it can be hard to define, yet it needs to be monitored, tracked, and reported on. RegTech firms are developing solutions to support governance and compliance with every new regulation that is announced. But are we helping? Is RegTech focused on the right things? What more can be done by RegTech to support ESG goals?
13:00 - 14:30
Combating the Dark Side of Fintech
Blockchain-based investigations can visualise criminal activity in an unpresidential efficient way. Combining on- and off-chain transactions with novel cooperation methods and the upcoming new MICA regulation opens up unique opportunities to enhance cooperation within the ecosystem - but only if executed correctly.
14:30 - 16:00
Ecosystem Banking
Co-Organized with Mambu
The financial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, powered by emerging digital technologies. Embracing ecosystem business models will drive growth and generate value for financial institutions and beyond. With the pace of change in the industry now being unprecedented and accelerating even more every year, is there a need to design and orchestrate your own ecosystems?
15:00 - 15:55
Following the crumbs 2.0
Closed breakout session. Follow the Crumbs 2.0 - A continuation of the post-panel discussion with members of the global blockchain analytics community, financial crime fighters, and experts from the Digital Asset Task Force from the Global Coalition To Fight Financial Crime - to foster potential next steps - led by Oleksyi Feshschenko from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime
15:30 - 18:00
Nordic Investor Day: Fintech
Co-Organized with TheFactory.noInvest Stockholm
[Invite-only] If you are an investor and would like to join, please submit a request for invitation here.
TheFactory, Invest Stockholm and Sthlm Fintech Week, together with national hub partners Reykjavik Fintech Cluster, Copenhagen Fintech and Helsinki Fintech Farm, are organising the Nordic Investor Day: Fintech and Fintech with Impact as a part of the Sthlm Fintech Week Program. The investor day will be on February 15th and we would like to invite you to join us!
The mission of the event is to connect startups and investors interested in fintech across the borders of the Nordics. In this arena, startups and investors from Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway come together to learn of the newest innovations within Fintech and Fintech with Impact, meet people with similar interest and gain potential synergies within and across its own market.
Investors are invited to an Investors Reception by DLA Piper, following the event.
16:00 - 17:30
Paytech – Cross-border & Real-time
Co-Organized with Visa
International payments have been instrumental in the emergence of today’s global economy. Countless real-time rails are coming to light, including the likes of TIPS in Europe, Pix in Brazil, and FedNow in the US. But support is still patchy and consumer protection varies wildly by jurisdiction, limiting adoption and economic potential. This is both a challenge and opportunity for the Payment Industry. An alternative avenue to modernise delivery of cross-border payment services in the context of central banks is issuing their own digital currency. Could CBDCs improve cross-border payments? And what role does the ecosystem play in the CBDC?
17:30 - 19:00
Wednesday Mingle & Drinks
Co-Organized with Sigma Software
The official Wednesday after work, sponsored by Sigma Software. This is the perfect time to mingle and network with a beer in your hand after a day of incredible talks!
18:00 - 20:00
Networking meet up by Sigma Software Group
TAK restaurant, Brunkebergstorg 2-4, 111 51 Stockholm
Key words Web 3.0, Blockchain, CBDC are in your area of interests? Join Sigma Software Group networking meet up. You will spend time with company experts. When networking you may talk to us about:
- CDBC: the perfect CBDC setup for the country; technology peculiarities, pros and cons of different approaches; adoption “icebergs” and how to avoid them
- Web3 digital identity
- Blockchain use cases across the industries
Let the networking be efficient and interesting. Registration required! Please use the link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/networking-meet-up-by-sigma-software-group-tickets-535631256507
18:30 - 20:00
Meetup - Bitcoin Ordinals, NFTs & other Web3 artifacts – Now, next, beyond!
Let’s meet! Talk, share & learn Web3 in practice! Degens to beginners. Everyone is welcome :) In 2021 the NFT hype started with art and pfp’s (profile pictures) being the catalyst. Right now THE hot topic within the Web3 landscape is Ordinals – NFTs on the Bitcoin Blockchain!
We will dig into the pros and cons of the Ordinals protocol and how to address and navigate this new ecosystem. Could Bitcoin Ordinals become a safe storage for high value assets, or are we facing a new hype? In addition, one of the true degens and founder of the NFT.love project, Dolphi will share with us his hands on experience with the Ordinals ecosystem, but also his phygital initiatives where he combines physical and digital elements of bringing NFTs into clothing and wearables. We will showcase this in practice with lots of cool gadgets. Feel free to join us, just around the corner and a 2 min walk from the Sthlm Fintech Week event, at the EY office, Hamngatan 26.
Doors will open 1815 with snack and drinks, and we will start 1830 and finish of around 2000. We will also have room for Q&A and mingling.
Hope to see you there! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meetup-bitcoin-ordinals-nfts-other-web3-artifacts-now-next-beyond-tickets-548070542747
Let’s build together!
Thursday
Thursday Feb 16th
09:00 - 17:00
Breakout Sessions
As a community-driven event, these are 3rd party organized events, held at the Sthlm Fintech Week venue.
09:00 - 10:30
Lending and Embedded Finance
Co-Organized with Mastercard LighthouseEnfuce
There are so many new options available to companies looking to build payments, insurance, or even completely new financial services into their product. Discussion will look at key strategies for embedding finance into their product, such as Payment-as-a-Service, API integrations and more. There will also be exploration into peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and discussion on how to develop a successful buy now, pay later (BNPL) strategy, from which products to offer to where to start. This track will provide the essential information to help attendees make informed decisions when it comes to embedded finance and lending.
10:20 - 10:30
Product Launch - Card based embedded lending
Visa, Froda and Lunar present a new product within embedded lending targeting the SME segment.
10:30 - 12:00
Open Banking & Open Finance
Co-Organized with Sopra Banking Software
The field of open banking is rapidly evolving, with many challenges, opportunities and implications from this disruptive technology. Panellists will discuss the challenges of data sharing in the open banking space and how to overcome them, including real-life examples of how companies are leveraging open banking to create new opportunities. However, there are challenges in the field too. Discussion will look at issues such as security and compliance, as well as the potential regulatory and legal implications. We want to take a forward looking view and discuss the potential for traditional financial institutions to leverage the benefits of DeFi, and how this could revolutionize the industry.
13:00 - 14:30
Web3 – What is it now, and forward?
Web3 - the buzzword everyone keeps using, but rarely anyone understands. Incorporating technologies like peer-to-peer networks, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs, Web3 has the capability to create huge changes in the Fintech landscape, innovating traditional institutions like banks and corporations. To discuss all opportunities, the track will have panels focusing on the metaverse, NFTs and the future of work, and the possibility of decentralised social media.
15:30 - 17:00
Impact – How impact fintech enables climate action
Co-Organized with Invest StockholmDeloitte
The Impact Track at an event focuses on how fintech can enable action towards sustainable development goal 13, climate action. The track is divided into two parts, the first focusing on creating awareness and changed behavior among consumers and employees to be more climate positive. The second part looks at local climate action and how fintechs are developing solutions for a more transparent and inclusive voluntary carbon market.
The track will also feature startups pitching their climate action oriented solutions and is lead by Anders Norlin, who has a background in non-profit groups and high impact startups in venture capital, currently working on financial industry innovation programs with a focus on climate fintech.
Friday
Friday Feb 17th
12:00 - 15:30
Student Fintech Career Fair
Proviant Albano, Albanovägen 24, 114 19 Stockholm
Come to the Fintech Career Fair, hosted by Stockholm University! This is the perfect opportunity to advertise to the youngest talent in the Stockholm Fintech Ecosystem. Get in touch with the Föreningen Ekonomerna for prices and more information.
16:00 - 18:00
Fintech meetup for startups & talents @ Sthlm Fintech Week
During Stockholm Fintech Week we are organizing an event for startups looking to hire & talents looking for new gigs! Free beers on us :-)
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fintech-meetup-for-startups-talents-sthlm-fintech-week-tickets-545410827467