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▶ 15:31 · Payments & Banking Infrastructure · European payment sovereignty drives merchant demand for homegrown, independent pay-by-bank networks
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Scaling Europe

Brite pay-by-bank operates across 27 markets: Lena Hackelöer, Founder & CEO at Brite Payments

2026-03-26 · 1 company · 3 thematic
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lena hackelöer

Founded Brite Payments in 2019, building a pay-by-bank network across 27 European markets; previously worked in fintech for over a decade, German-Swedish background, based in Stockholm.

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