CEO at Fintech Mundi, Norway
Susanne Hannestad is CEO of Fintech Mundi, Chair of Economics and Board Director at Monty Mobile, Crunchfish (publ) and Blippit. She is former Chairman at Payr, Executive Chairman at Zwipe (Publ) building the Zwipe Payment for global scale and was Board Director at Nordax (Publ) and MasterCard Europe. Prior to joining Fintech Mundi, Susanne was Director at Nordea Finance and Head of Cards at Nordea building up the business across the Nordic and the Baltic . Susanne is also Regional Ambassador, Nordics and Baltics at findexable
Fintech Mundi has unparalleled expertise in global financial technologies and as a trusted industry network, has a proven track record for scaling and launching companies in global markets and provides a unique ecosystem for global financial technology (fintech) growth.
Susanne is an experienced international executive and board director in the industries of Financial Services, Financial Technology, Financial Inclusion, Cards, Payments and Insurance. She has executive studies from INSEAD and holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a Master of Business and Marketing from Oslo Business School.
Session: Nordic Fintech scaling globally and successful financial inclusion
Nordic Fintech scaling globally and successful financial inclusion
Nordic fintech are among the top ten countries in the world and the fintech landscape in the Nordic and Baltic region continues to be one of the most successful at producing unicorns. Most of Europe scale-ups are coming from the Nordic region and getting bigger with the latest funding rounds. The region is home to some of the great ideas and gaining in confidence. Nordic and Baltic regions are likely to dominate the fintech landscape by 2020. Collaboration is the new innovation and the Nordics can contribute to reducing poverty and driving growth by creating a dialogue for a long-term solution to financial inclusion, aided by latest advances in financial technology.
Learning outcomes:
- Overview of Global Fintech Index and comparison across the world
- Successful Nordic cases for global fintech scaling
- Collaboration is the new innovation
- Highlight Nordic success at advancing cashless societies and reducing exclusion
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