Fintech Village - Where business meets entrepreneurship
Welcome to Fintech Village - a day dedicated to professional development, engaging debates, and the very latest trends in fintech.
- Starts:10:00, 25 February 2026
- Ends:16:00, 25 February 2026
- Location:BI - campus Oslo, The Village
- Enrolment deadline:24.02.2026 12:00
- Contact:Chul Christian Aamodt (chul.c.aamodt@bi.no)
Through exciting keynotes, deep-dive fintech interviews, and engaging panel discussions, we bring together players in finance, technology, and entrepreneurship to exchange knowledge and explore future solutions.
Fintech Village brings together players in finance, technology and entrepreneurship.
The event is free and we look forward to seeing you!
About The Village
The Village is BI’s entrepreneurship arena where students, academic communities and partners exchange knowledge, develop new solutions and act as a catalyst for new ventures.
We connect entrepreneurs, industry, the public sector, research, science and capital to create more growth-oriented companies and to position entrepreneurship as a viable career path for students.
Programme
- Time
- Title
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Doors open, networking and visits to exhibition stands
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Welcome
Herman Helland Johannessen, BI Startup, BI Norwegian Business School
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Can Vipps succeed as a European payment player?
Fintech interview by Jörgen Skjelsbæk, responsible for the weekly newsletter Finfacts
Vegar Heir, Chief Commercial Officer, Vipps Mobilepay
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Panel discussion: How to survive in the age of the AI agents
Vegar Heir, Chief Commercial Officer, Vipps Mobilepay
Thomas Hoholm, Provost, BI Norwegian Business School
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From academia to action: How do younger minds approach fintech?
Talk with Jörgen Skjelsbæk, responsible for the weekly newsletter Finfacts
Tormod Harbo, Class representative, BSc Finance, BI Norwegian Business School, Manager of BESTH
Brage Lothe Weium, MSc in Business - Major in Finance, BuilderTable
Hennie Holm Olsen, BI Startup
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Why invest in fintech?
Interview by Tonje Ørnholt, Ørn Advisory
Henrik Hatlebrekke, General Partner, Sondo
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Lunch and networking
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The accounting service of the future
Petter Reistad, CEO and Founder, Sanna
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8 minutes - The problem to be solved
Evelina Olsson, Finfly
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8 minutes - The problem to be solved
Kristoffer Aga, Gründer, Saga Pay
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8 minutes - The problem to be solved
Sebastian Rundqvist, CEO, Zeipt
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Panel discussion: We do not accept losing the fintech race to Sweden
Per Kristian Næss-Fladset, Group Executive Vice President of Products, Data & Innovation, DNB
Torill Standal Eliassen, CEO, Conta
Thuc Hoang, Founder and CEO, Firi
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Wrap up
Herman Helland Johannessen, BI Startup, BI Norwegian Business School
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Networking and visits to exhibition stands
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Closing