Introducing the Nordic Fintech Lab

A shared innovation platform connecting Nordic fintech companies with local market knowledge, financial institutions and ecosystem partners across borders.

Small markets are stronger when connected

Nordic Fintech Lab is designed to help fintech companies approach the Nordics as one connected innovation environment, not a set of separate national markets.

The Nordic countries have advanced digital infrastructure, high trust and sophisticated financial sectors. They also share a practical challenge: each home market is small for companies with international ambitions.

The Lab creates a repeatable partnership model where local ecosystem organisations, financial institutions and growth companies can meet through a clearer structure. It does not replace national communities. It makes their networks and opportunities easier to access across the region.

For scaleups

Get closer to local market knowledge, trusted introductions and commercial conversations in neighbouring Nordic markets.

For financial institutions

Meet a broader pipeline of fintech companies and explore practical collaboration around shared industry challenges.

For ecosystem partners

Strengthen the local offering while joining a Nordic platform that can attract more companies, capital and partnerships.

A partnership model that can travel from market to market

Anchor locally

A local fintech organisation brings market knowledge, daily relationships and access to its national ecosystem.

Connect demand

Banks and corporates define where fintech collaboration can solve real operational, customer or regulatory challenges.

Curate scaleups

Relevant growth companies are introduced to the partners, context and market signals they need before expanding.

Build momentum

The pilot creates learning, relationships and a stronger structure for wider Nordic participation over time.

Pilot partners

A practical mix of ecosystem, corporate and scaleup partners

The first group reflects how the Lab is meant to work: local ecosystem knowledge, demand from established financial institutions and real growth companies with solutions ready for new markets.