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A Brite future for European A2A payments
Lena Hackelöer, founder and CEO of Brite Payments, talks to Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan about why she started the business in 2019 and the thriving fintech scene in Stockholm where she’s based. Lena also explains why partnerships are so vital in the payments space, including Brite Payments’ own partnership with Sofort. Finally, she reveals where the company’s geographic expansion plans will take it next.
Lena Hackelöer
Lena Hackelöer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer Brite PaymentsLena Hackelöer is the founder and CEO of Brite Payments, a Stockholm-based fintech that utilises the open banking framework to offer instant payments and payouts across 24 markets in Europe. One of Sweden’s fastest-growing fintechs, Brite connects consumers and online merchants with fast, secure, and convenient account-to-account (A2A) payments.
A dual citizen of Sweden and Germany, Lena has more than a decade of experience in the European fintech sector, with a focus on payments and consumer credit. Lena spent more than seven years in leading positions at Klarna, where her roles included Director of Global Business Marketing and Director of Market Growth and Strategy. She also served as CEO of Qliro Financial Services (STO:QLIRO), a fintech offering payment solutions for e-commerce and consumer credit services, before founding Brite in 2019. Lena is passionate about building the next generation of instant bank payments with Brite.
Ellie Duncan
Ellie Duncan
Head of Editorial & Broadcast Open Banking ExpoFormer Financial Times Group journalist Ellie Duncan has a decade of experience across financial services. While arguably best-known for her asset management work, she has also covered open banking, credit, private equity and entrepreneurship.
