“Winning Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV affirms our mission: Europe must build capital markets that are not just efficient, but strategic. Financing defense, securing energy independence, and standing up to existential threats requires more than budgets — it demands infrastructure that mobilizes capital at scale. Axiology is proud to help make EU markets a beacon of resilience and leadership on the global stage.” says Marius Jurgilas, CEO & Co-Founder of Axiology
“Axiology aims to revolutionize European capital markets by building a next-generation infrastructure that empowers small and medium-sized corporates to access funding through digital bond issuance. Their tokenized securities platform removes traditional barriers, enabling SMEs to raise capital directly and giving investors transparent, efficient access to fixed-income bonds. Strong background of the team builds trust that they can achieve that.”
– Joakim Höglund Partnership Business Manager and Gediminas Misevičius Open Finance Strategy at Swedbank
The Mastercard Lighthouse FINITIV Program runs for three months and provides Nordic and Baltic fintech and fintech-enabler startups, as well as early scaleups, the chance to collaborate with key stakeholders. These include Mastercard, Nordic banks such as SEB, Danske Bank, DNB, Swedbank, Resurs, SpareBank 1 Østlandet, and OP Financial Group. Additionally, participants can work with tech partners like AWS, program advisors (e.g., FinTech Mundi and Invenio Growth), and a wide circle of over 180 investors.
The purpose of the Program is to create space and opportunity for program participants and stakeholders to identify and pursue partnerships, including collaborations among the participants themselves.
Twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, the program stakeholders select an Overall Program Winner based on a variety of criteria, such as partnership capacity, value proposition, relevance, investment and innovation potential, and traction
Mats Taraldsson, Head of Fintech and Impact Tech Engagement at Mastercard Northern Europe says:
“The financial technology industry is undergoing a transformational shift, and the fintech companies selected for this program are at the forefront of this shift. I am excited to see the innovation and solutions that they are bringing – they are pushing the boundaries of traditional banking and payment methods, and their solutions are addressing the changing needs and expectations of consumers, businesses, and governments. We are very happy to see that Axiology was appointed as the Overall Winner of the spring FINITIV Program with its innovative solution for trading, settlement, and custody of tokenized securities.”
