Nordic Payments Area – P27

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Verification of Payee Future is Bright, But Must Go Further

Attending the 2025 NextGen Nordics event, Vasile Valcov, Business Development Consultant, Banfico, shared his optimism and passion for the development of VOP and Open Banking. Contextualising the current landscape and positive trajectory, Valcov also explains its challenges and discusses whether it is enough as it currently is.

20 May 2025

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Successful Instant Payments Adoption: Is Regulation Enough?

In this FinextraTV interview during NextGen Nordics 2025 in Stockholm, Majda Nogo, Head of Sales and Business Development, Nordics and Baltics, Wordline Financial Services listed the reasons why Instant Payments still presents a number of opportunities to feel optimistic about the future. As part of this, Nogo expressed the belief that regulation and legislation, on its own, is not enough to fuel market adoption.

15 May 2025

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Are Customer Demands Higher Than Bank Capabilities?

Whilst attending the 2025 NextGen Nordics event, Patrik Havander, Head of Nordics & Baltics at Visa Direct, spoke to FinextraTV to address cross-border payments and the current disparity between customer expectations and bank capabilities. Alongside this, Havander explained how G20 directives and input from the Financial Stability Board show the way the world is evolving and how banks have had to rely on Fintech partnerships to keep up.

13 May 2025

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Resolving the challenges of cross-border payments

Join FinextraTV live at NextGen Nordics 2024 with Patrik Havander, Head of Visa B2B Connect Europe, as we delve into the landscape of B2B cross-border payments. Discover how banks are adapting to maintain B2B payment volumes amidst declining retail payments, explore emerging technologies shaping the future of cross-border transactions, and learn what steps banks can take today to stay ahead in the ever-evolving payments landscape.

21 May 2024

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The Evolution of Fraud Detection

Join FinextraTV in discussion with Megan Heald, Senior Product Manager at NICE Actimize, at NextGen Nordics 2024 as we explore how innovation and regulation have sculpted the anti-fraud landscape over the past two decades, contrast the present state of fraud detection with past approaches, and glean essential insights from future trends and strategies for safeguarding institutions against fraud.

20 May 2024

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Cross-Border Payments: Opportunities beyond the payment

Katja Lehr, Managing Director, EMEA Payments and Commerce Solutions, J.P. Morgan Chase, speaks at NextGen Nordics 2023, about establishing cross-border solutions in the Nordics, the benefits that solutions technologies offer, and the opportunities that modernized payment systems present for the industry and society as a whole.

25 May 2023

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The future of resilient CBDC systems & cross-border architecture

Beju Shah, Head of Nordic Centre, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements, speaks at NextGen Nordics 2023, about the Hub's latest projects that are looking into creating resilient CBDC systems, building a new architecture for cross-border retail CBDCs, and using data to combat money laundering across firms and boarders.

23 May 2023

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Reimagining International Payments

Patrik Havander, Head of B2B Connect, Cross Border Money Movement Europe, Visa, discusses cross-border payments in Sweden at NextGen Nordics 2023, addressing its challenges and exploring the options available to overcome them.

18 May 2023

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Next Gen Nordics 2023: Innovation at scale

FinextraTV reports on the resounding success of NextGen Nordics 2023 in Stockholm, where attendees filled up the venue to take part in insightful discussions on the latest trends and developments in the Nordic financial services industry. The event was marked by energy and innovation, as industry leaders delved into topics such as infrastructure, collaboration, payments, CBDCs, P27, and harmonisation. For an immersive look at the event's key takeaways, be sure to watch the NGN highlights video and discover why it has become one of the most anticipated events in the European financial services space.

11 May 2023

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How AI is unlocking the potential of BNPL

Einar Björgvin Eiðsson, Product Director, indó iceland, discusses the growth and success of BNPL in Sweden at NextGen Nordics 2023, and how AI is unlocking further potential for the future.

04 May 2023

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Reshaping Nordic Strategies: Exploring Opportunities & Potential Pivots post-P27

02 May 2023

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What the P27 set-back means for Nordic harmonisation

Lars Sjogren, Independent Payments Expert & Advisor, speaks at NextGen Nordics 2023, about the recent P27 set-back, what this means for harmonisation across the Nordics and what happens next, now the project is more Swedish-focused than Nordic-focused.

28 April 2023

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Live @ NextGen Nordics 2022 - Event Highlights

Setting the blueprint for payments innovation to help shape the future. Highlights from the NextGen Nordics 2022 event in Stockholm, Sweden on 27 April 2022, hosted by Finextra. Topics and latest trends in the Nordic payments ecosystem include the status of the P27 initiative, CBDCs, ESG goals, cross-border & real-time payments, liquidity management, the metaverse, and what is driving upcoming changes. Join us again next year for NextGen Nordics 2023.

10 May 2022

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P27's social economical position & the promise of standardisation

LIVE @ NextGen Nordics, Paula da Silva, CEO, P27 Nordic Payments, speaks about the progress of the P27 initiative since the pandemic, the social-economical impact it will have across the Nordics, and the promise of standardisation.

29 April 2022

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LIVE @ NextGen Nordics: Driving the value of Open Banking across Europe

LIVE @ NextGen Nordics, Paiak Vaid, Head of Global Partnerships, TrueLayer speaks about what value is Open Banking driving right now and making it mainstream, how things have moved on in Europe and the Nordics, and how the consumer is benefitting from this progress.

29 April 2022

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LIVE @ NextGen Nordics: CBDC's & digital currencies - Transforming the payments landscape

LIVE @ Nextgen Nordics, Ville Sointu, Head of Emerging Tech, Nordea speaks about CBDCs and digital currencies. We hear how they are transforming the payments landscape for the better, some the of challenges around regulation and crime, and whether CBDC's will become part of the Nordic payments infrastructure in the future.

29 April 2022

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LIVE @ NextGen Nordics: The road to achieving ESG goals with meaningful action

LIVE @ NextGen Nordics, Angela Hultberg, Global Director of Sustainability, Kearney, speaks just off her panel about the road to achieving ESG goals with meaningful action. We hear how organisations are now responsible for driving positive change, the challenges Nordic players need to overcome when considering climate-related losses and whether enough progress is being made.

29 April 2022