Lena Hackelöer is the Founder and CEO of Brite Payments, a Stockholm headquartered fintech that utilises the open banking framework to offer instant payments and payouts across 26 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. Lena is passionate about building the next generation of instant bank payments with Brite, and recently raised a $60m Series A – the largest by a female fintech founder in 2023.