dec 4th 2025 / HELSINKI

leading
tomorrow's
bank

IN
99
Days
99
Hours
99
Minutes
99
Seconds

400+

decision-makers

30+

speakers

10+

strategy talks

2000+

meetings

topics on the menu 2025

Landscape 1: Risk & Resilience

  • Banks on the Frontline: National Security, Sanctions, and Surveillance
  • From Cybercrime to Cyberwarfare: Where Do Banks Draw the Line?
  • Resilience by Design: Building Secure, Adaptive, and Compliant Financial Systems
  • Grey Zones and Shadow Actors: Financial Crime in a Geopolitical Context

Landscape 2: Macroeconomics & Capital Markets

  • US vs. the World: Trade wars, tariff traps, and currency collisions.
  • EU – Innovation Dead End?: Is Europe a global engine or a bureaucratic bottleneck?
  • Rate Roulette: Central bank gambles, negative rates, and the next monetary shake-up.
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Finance: Closing the ESG gap or just greenwashing profits?

Landscape 3: EU & Impact

  • Deregulation or Paper Tiger?: Rumors of an EU rollback, myth or the next big shift in market freedom?
  • Payments at Warp Speed: Real-time transactions crossing borders seamlessly… or not?
  • Digital Euro Leap: What do we know right now?
  • MEGA - Make Europe Great Again?: Roadmaps for reclaiming global influence and innovation.

Landscape 4: Challengers & Gamechangers

  • Agentic AI: Hype Machine or Real Gamechanger in Banking’s Next Evolution?
  • Quantum Computing in Finance 101
  • Financial Services Marketing: Are You Playing It Too Safe While Rivals Devour Your Market Share?
  • Challenger to Contender: Winning the scale-up war in the crowded Nordic market.
  • Embedded Everything: Is finance the new layer of every consumer platform?

Landscape 5: Business Models & Value Chains

  • BaaS or Bust: Banking as a Service - cash cow or overhyped side hustle?
  • Lending Disrupted: How platforms, P2P, and crowd models are redrawing the credit map.
  • Open Finance “Regolution”: Are regulators propelling Europe’s next major financial leap or not?
  • Big Tech & Big Finance Mashup: Who really owns the customer and the data?

STRATEGY TALK TRACK

  • Future-Proofing Credit: Lending Innovation from Core to Alternative Models
  • Embedded Finance: From Hype to Hidden Revenue Streams
  • The Data Dividend: Monetizing Financial Data Without Losing Trust
  • AI in the Bank Stack: Efficiency Booster or Strategic Threat?
  • From Legacy to Cloud-Native: How to De-Risk Core Modernization
  • Making Data Work: Turning Compliance into Intelligence
  • From Retention to Relationship: Rethinking Customer Loyalty in Banking

Top Leadership Forum in Nordic & Baltic Banking

Since 2016, Fintech Farm has brought the financial industry leaders to have meaningful conversations about topical industry matters and the future.

Nordic Banking Forum is a high-level, yet relaxed event, that will bring together bank executives from the Nordics and Baltics to discuss topical issues around the economy, change management, strategies, and digitalization.

WELCOME TO THE NEW HOME OF NORDIC & BALTIC BANKING PIONEERS

first speakers 2025

WHAT ELSE?

Strategic Connections

With +400 industry decision-makers

Speakers

From banking and fintech industry around the world

Strategy Talks

From banking and fintech industry around the world

Year-Round Community

Stay connected via Fintech Farm and Digital Banking Academy beyond the event

Side-events

For more networking and fun

Expo area

With +20 innovative exhibitors

AFTER PARtY

Legendary Helsinki karaoke night

Ticket options

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
665
regular price 1265€
Full day event program
Full access to the meeting tool (send & receive meeting invitations)
Apply to side events
Food and beverage all day
For banks, lenders, insurance companies etc.
Register
networking
1465
regular price 2465€
Full day event program
Full access to the meeting tool (send & receive meeting invitations)
Logo visibility
Apply to side events
Food and beverage all day
For fintechs and service providers interested in the main event, side events, and sending meeting invitations
Register
STANDARD
765
regular price 1365€
Full day event program
Apply to side events
Food and beverage all day
Limited access to the meeting tool (receive & accept meeting invitations only)
For fintechs and service providers attending the main and side events without all meeting tool features
Register
Early Bird Prices Valid Until September 5th!

Event Partners

“Such a great atmosphere here, even with the weather outside being less amazing. Thanks for having us!”

Piotr Jan Pietrzak

,New Markets Lead at EPI

“The branded booths at the Nordic Banking Forum gave us a great space to connect with all our existing and potential clients. We left with valuable insights, leads and an even stronger network!“

Sarah Häger

Chief Commercial Officer at Enable Banking

“Very professional throughout the entire process. As a partner, we were extremely pleased with the outcome and the opportunity.”

Kreditz

“We had an inspiring day at the Nordic Banking Forum in Helsinki! It was fantastic to exchange ideas and discuss the future of the industry! The Brella networking platform made it easy to schedule and meet with inspiring people throughout the day.”

Samlink – A Kyndryl Company

“Came back from the #NordicBankingForum in Helsinki with new insights, fun memories and valuable lessons! It was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, strengthen partnerships, and make new fintech friends”

Ugnė Palijanskaitė

Country Manager at Enable Banking Lithuania

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