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Research & Development

One of Copenhagen Fintech’s key objectives is to foster collaboration and co-innovation between academia and industry with the aim of finding the best ideas and solutions relevant to finance and fintech.

We currently work with all Danish universities and several higher knowledge institutions, including RTOs in Denmark and internationally, on various activities including joint R&D projects which we also fund.

If you are a university, RTO, researcher or student please read on to find out how you can work with us and be part of the most ambitious fintech ecosystem in the Nordics.

If you are a researcher

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As a researcher at one of our R&D partner institutions you have several opportunities to be part of the CPHFT fintech ecosystem including:

  • Funding to R&D projects with industry partners
  • Funding to Hackathons and/or idea- and case competitions
  • Speaking opportunities at our Fintech Tuesdays and our early Research Symposium
  • Networking opportunities and partner facilitation
  • Access to CPHFT community events on member terms
  • Access to discounted ticket for the Nordic Fintech Week

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For rules and deadlines and to apply
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Ongoing projects

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Past Projects

Good ID: Good ID Solutions for Stakeholders in Emerging Markets

The EU AI Act for Finance and Fintech

Financial Inclusion in a Cashless World

Fintech for Decentralized Green Energy

Disincentivizing Out-of-band Attacks & Improving the Efficiency of Post-Quantum Digital Signature Algorithms for Blockchain Systems

Decentralised Transactions for Open Digital Markets

Private Banking for Everyone

CODeM: Challenges and Opportunities of Defi Models​

Improving Business Processes with Blockchain: Model-driven Generation of Secure Smart Contract Code

EMBRACE: Employee Mental Wellbeing and Productivity Boost

Optimising Sustainable Financial Portfolios

High Assurance Cryptographic Software and Smart Contracts

A Web3 Sovereign Nation-State

Simulation of Correlated Asset for Risk Purposes for Risk Calculation Purposes

Smart Financial Instruments

Hybrid Intelligence in the Fintech Industry

Integrated Data for ESG Analysis (IDEA) and Collaborative Analytics for Reporting ESG (CARE) for fintech startups

Iot in Fintech and Insurtech

Decentralized Carbon Market

SUstaiNable ConSumptIoN Habits: A Cost-benefit PerspectivE (Sunshine)​

Dissemination and Visualization of Risk Profiles​

AI Supported Regulatory Compliance (AI4sure)​

Building ESG Competences in Boards​

Responsible Digital Leadership in the Financial Sector​

P2DEX: Privacy Preserving Decentralized Exchange

Using QKD for Data Center Security​

If you are a student

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As a student at one of R&D partner universities you have several opportunities to be part of the CPHFT fintech ecosystem including:

  • Possibility to participate in our pre-incubation program (startups)
  • Support to find internships and jobs within fintech
  • Access to CPHFT community events on membership terms
  • Access to discounted ticket for the Nordic Fintech Week
  • Feedback on thesis work relevant to fintech

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For more information please contact Simon ssc@copenhagenfintech.dk

Upcoming events

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Strategic R&D Partners

R&D Coordinators

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To learn more about collaboration opportunities with Copenhagen Fintech please contact your institution's R&D coordinator.

‍Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

Louise Elisabeth Hansen - leh.digi@cbs.dk

Aarhus University (AU)

Bas Spitters (Datalogi) - spitters@cs.au.dk

IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)

Nikolai Oppermann - nopp@itu.dk

University of Copenhagen (KU)

Camilla Vang Arffmann - caar@di.ku.dk

IBA Erhvervsakademi

Allan Klain - AKMI@iba.dk

Roskilde University (RUC)

Pernille Hohnen - hohnen@ruc.dk

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‍Aalborg University (AAU)

Jesper Chrautwald Sort - jso@business.aau.dk

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Dorthe Skovgaard Lund - dslu@dtu.dk

Alexandra Institute

Jens Kaas Benner jens.benner@alexandra.dk

FORCE technology

Emilie Møllenbach - mo@forcetechnology.com

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Martin Svensson - svensson@imada.sdu.dk

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