Sofie has spanned technology development, system architecture, infrastructure delivery and business transformation and has built technology and businesses for eight major international banks, in 60 countries, with projects worth over USD 1bn. Sofie’s career includes writing two books and multiple research papers, delivering 5 core banking systems, multiple payment systems and transformation of Citigroup’s technology and retail operations. Sofie advises international organisations on sustainable applications of blockchain. She is Chair of the Edinburgh Futures Institute FI and Fintech advisory board and holds an MSc in Informatics. Sofie has twice been included in the Innovate Finance’s Women in Fintech Powerlist.
We’re thrilled to announce that our growing Copenhagen team has found a new home in the stunning Pier47 building at Pier47, 47 Langelinie Allé, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. We’ll be moving in on Monday 12 February, and if anyone would like to come and inspect the premises, you’re welcome to come and… Read More »New Copenhagen premises for our growing team
Following our successful raise of €800,000 last year at a post-money valuation of €4.7 million, we are now raising a further seed round of €900,000 towards our mid-2018 go-live. We are now in customer response testing with our SME app, while we’re working on large consortium partnerships in several countries,… Read More »New investment round announced
We’re pleased to announce we now have a confirmed publication date for Sofie and Rob’s new book, Fintech Revolution: Universal Inclusion in the New Financial Ecosystem (Palgrave Macmillan). It will be published on 4 June 2018, and can be pre-ordered via Amazon or through your usual bookstore. This book is… Read More »Fintech Revolution: pre-order your copy now!
Thanks to our investment last year, we’re now a growing team, and the New Year was a perfect opportunity for us to bring representatives from all our teams together in Copenhagen for an intensive four-day workshop to progress our strategy and finalise our development plans towards the mid-year product launch.… Read More »Refining our plan
We’ve been on the road again, speaking at several conferences over the last few weeks on blockchain, sustainable finance, the future of banking and, of course, hiveonline! Too many to list here but these are some of the highlights: World Bank/IMF Summit We were happy to have been invited to… Read More »Spreading the Word – IMF Summit, SIBOS, SG Fintech
Fintech startup hiveonline receives a €800,000 seed investment from Swedish entrepreneur Torbjörn Nilsson and his business partner Håkan Birging. The seed money investment comes at a crucial moment in Hiveonlines progress towards launch in 2018. Danish Hiveonline is developing a financial administration solution for small businesses, their customers and investors.… Read More »Press Release – Large seed investment to blockchain startup hiveonline
In this article we examine the evolution of consumers from retail consumers to platform consumers, as businesses move into the ecosystem and marketplaces emerge to manage B2C and peer to peer sales. We observe how platforms have changed customer expectations and behaviours and discuss the impact on businesses, and how… Read More »Platform Consumers
In this article we explore the world of sustainable investment, the scope of the challenge and the barriers faced today. We discuss how growing awareness and technology are working together and how current developments in financial technology will help remove some of the barriers. The Sustainable Development Goals and investment… Read More »International Sustainable Investment
In this article we provide a broad overview, together with some examples, of how fintech can help provide solutions in support of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The UN and many other NGOs, together with investors, researchers and technology companies, are converging to start building solutions to some of the… Read More »Green fintech – we can save the planet!
28 June 2017 – SIF💚S at Money20/20 & Copenhagen Fintech Week, Copenhagen Fintech Lab, Copenhagen, Denmark saw our first event that attracted an audience of engaged experts and learners “Thanks for an inspiring session” “Thanks Sofie et all – for a great and relevant discussion. This should (and will) be… Read More »SIF💚S – Green Fintech Events – Dates for your Diary