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CEO & Co-founder @ Franklin 💳 | Connect to follow my journey | Berlingske Talent 100

Today, I had the privilege of speaking at Nordic Fintech Week on the the topic "Future of Payments" 🎤 My main takeaway was: Most future innovation in payments will occur at the application layer, rather than within the underlying rails. I believe most innovation will build on existing infrastructure. Customers don’t care whether it’s called SWIFT, SEPA, or ACH—they just want to move their money from A to B as quickly, cheaply, and securely as possible. Instead of reinventing how payments are transferred, the focus should be on simplifying the process—like pulling invoice details, extracting payment information, and completing transactions in one click. I compared this to AI, where foundational models have created room for innovation at the application layer. Over the next years we will see many companies creating new solutions by building on top of platforms like OpenAI. At Franklin, we’re innovating at the application layer on top of existing payment rails like cards and local DK rails, simply making the payment experience better for e-commerce businesses.

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