Sthlm Fintech Week to host ground-breaking fintech conference
On February 11-15, the community-driven Sthlm Fintech Week will host a five-day conference in the heart of Stockholm that gathers the best of fintech from all across the Nordics in order to provide a platform for start-ups, banks, legislators and corporate representatives to meet and discuss opportunities and challenges for the fintech community.
For the first time ever, Sthlm Fintech Week will host a five-day conference, presenting nine events that gather the best of fintech from across the Nordics to address different challenges and opportunities for the fintech ecosystem.
Over the course of the week, more than 50 start-ups will meet with banks, representatives from the Government Offices and the Central Bank of Sweden, along with investors and representatives from academia in order to discuss Fintech, Regtech, Blockchain, Insurtech, Sustainability and Impact tech, Digitalization, Regulation and Nordic Collaboration, as well as investment opportunities and fintech acceleration.
“Stockholm accounted for nearly 50% of total fintech investments in the Nordics in 2018. By being an active community partner and supporter to Sthlm Fintech Week, we’d like to welcome talents, startups and investors to meet, co-create and innovate in our open city. Together with the community, we aim to make Stockholm the financial capital of northern Europe”, Anna Gissler, Acting CEO of Stockholm Business Region said.
The conference is supported by a number of partners, and the events will take place on various locations throughout the week. Among the partners involved are Amazon Web Services, Wirecard, Itello, Capgemini, Trustly, SEB, Norrsken Foundation, and Stockholm Business Region.
“Norrsken Foundation strives to make a positive impact on people and planet. Our co- working space, Norrsken House is a hub for the brightest people in tech, entrepreneurship and impact and so it follows that our doors are always open to events like Stockholm Fintech Week who bring world-changing entrepreneurs together to create something very special. We’re delighted to be involved," Thom Feeney, General Manager, Norrsken House Stockholm said.
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