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NORDIC BANKING LANDSCAPE 2025

8:00
connect
DOORS OPEN
  • Networking & Breakfast
8:50
OPENING WORDS
  • Welcome to Nordic Banking Forum
9:00
LANDSCAPE 1: GEOPOLITICS & MACROECONOMY
9:00
keynote
European Economy and Security from a Geoeconomic Perspective
  • The changing geopolitical landscape and its effects on business
  • China’s geopolitical role beyond Taiwan
  • The geopolitical outlook for 2025 and beyond
9:20
keynote
The Emperor’s New Clothes - Strategies for Countering Aggression and Escalation
  • Finding logic in Putin’s playbook
  • How soft power can be the best strategy for de escalation?
  • After war comes peace and with peace new prosperity - or an even bigger crises
9:40
keynote
The European Credit Market Outlook for 2025 and beyond
  • Europe vs US in macroeconomic trends - The inflation and interest rates landscape
  • What is wrong with the German economy?
  • The current European outlook for 2025
10:00
LANDSCAPE 2: CAPITAL MARKETS & CREDIT RISKS
10:00
keynote
Debt Value Chain Analysis from a Credit Risk Perspective
  • Understanding credit risk in the current debt and bond market
  • Credit risks in 2025 and the growing appetite for profits 
  • Strategies for maximising profits in the current debt market
10:20
dialogue
Data Strategies for Improved Risk Management in Lending and Risk Rating
  • How mastering data can have a profound effect on your risk profile?
  • Finding opportunities in refined data from a risk rating perspective
10:35
connect
networking break
11:00
LANDSCAPE 3: EU & IMPACT
11:00
keynote
Gearing your Banking Strategy for Growth through ESG
  • How to turn ESG related costs into a strategic investment?
  • Practical examples of harvesting the fruits of your successful ESG strategy
11:20
panel
Does EU Risk Killing Innovation Through Overregulation and How Bad Would It Actually be?
  • How does the dynamic regulatory landscape play into long-term planning?
  • Finding competitive advantages within adopting new regulation
11:45
dialogue
Realising Instant Payments on a European Scale
  • Will regulation fix payments for Europe?
  • Open banking evolving to open finance and what it means for payments in Europe?
  • Cards or accounts the future of payments?
12:00
connect
LUNCH & NETWORKING
13:30
Landscape 4: CHALLENGERS & GAMECHANGERS
13:30
dialogue
How Fraudsters are Changing the Game for Banks and How to Stay One Step Ahead?
  • The fraud industry and the growing fraud-as-a-service phenomenon
  • The management perspective to fraud and fraud prevention
  • How to avoid turning instant finance to instant fraud?
13:45
case
Taking Stock of the Importance of API’s for Platformication and the Future of Banking
  • API’s turbocharging banks
  • Turning platformication to an opportunity for banks
14:00
case
Embedded Finance Improving Transactions for B2B Companies
  • What use cases to consider?
  • What are the areas banks must improve?
14:15
case
The Need for Banks to Rethink Data Strategies to Harness Open Finance
  • Incenticing data sharing for data driven financial services
  • How is personalisation changing the game in banking?
14:30
connect
NETWORKING BREAK
15:00
Landscape 5: BUSINESS MODELS & VALUE CHAINS
15:00
panel
How is ESG and Sustainable Banking Changing the Banking Business Models?
  • Is sustainability just another financial product or is it impacting business more fundamentally?
  • Integrating sustainability to the core of your banking business
  • Understanding the competitive landscape around sustainable banking
15:20
keynote
Emerging Value Chains Around Embedded Finance and How to Stay Relevant as a Bank
  • Will everyone find a place in the evolving value chain?
  • How will the 7 trillion opportunity be divided?
  • What are the strategic options for banks to grow stronger in ecommerce?
15:40
panel
Opening up for New Business Models Around Open Finance - The Difference for Early Adopters and Laggers?
  • What are the key strategic questions related to increased data sharing in the financial sector?
  • Going beyond account and payment data - The banking perspective to open finance and FIDA
  • What is the role of the new Financial Information Service Providers?
16:00
keynote
Leading Tomorrow’s Bank - Risk Transformation and Strategic Alignment for Growing Customer and Shareholder Value
  • Enduring unprecedented change and adopting new models through risk transformation
  • Reframing risk management for effective transformation
  • Risk infrastructure consolidation and modernisation around new opportunities
16:20
wrap up
16:30
after work mingle
19:00
after party

WHAT ELSE?

Networking

With +400 industry decision-makers

Speakers

From banking and fintech industry around the world

Side-events

For more networking and fun

Expo area

With +20 innovative exhibitors

AFTER PARtY

Legendary Helsinki karaoke night

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