Do AI Agents Dream of Electric Bank Accounts? with Rolf Jensen from Lunar

<p>Here at Fintech Daydreaming, we pride ourselves on the unedited, &quot;live&quot; feel of our recordings. Over the years, our listeners have been treated to everything from a hotel maid walking in on Ville, to New York police sirens, to Ville&#39;s automatic hydroponic garden sounding suspiciously like someone taking a bathroom break off-camera.</p><p>This week however we successfully navigated the recording (with only a brief cameo from Pål&#39;s dog) to bring you a fantastic conversation with Rolf Jensen, VP of Technology at the Nordic neobank Lunar!</p><p>We explore the &quot;trench warfare&quot; of the Nordic financial ecosystem and look under the hood at Lunar&#39;s technology strategy, including their new banking-as-a-platform capability, Moonrise.</p><p>Tune in to hear us discuss:</p><p>The Build vs. Buy Dilemma: Why Lunar opted to buy a ledger but build custom, atomic components around it to stay directly connected to local infrastructure.</p><p>AI Supercharging Engineering: How Lunar’s development teams used AI to achieve a 5x increase in output—while actually seeing their incident rates drop!</p><p>Invisible Banking: We debate an &quot;agentic&quot; future where the bank fades into the background, and ask the tough questions: will autonomous AI agents eventually need their own KYC processes and bank accounts?</p><p>A Shameless Plug: Pål managed to limit the promotion of his new book, Rip Out the Core, to just a single mention.</p><p>Whether you are interested in the explosive growth of neobanks, the real-world ROI of AI in software development, or just want to hear how we keep the recording on track, you won&#39;t want to miss this one.</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 Listen to the full episode now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or watch us on YouTube! Let us know your thoughts in the comments: Are we heading toward a future where AI agents do our banking for us?</p><p><br></p><p>Episode hosted by Pål Krogdahl &amp; Ville Sointu</p><p>Episode produced and edited by Fintech Daydreaming</p><p>- Email us on Hello@FintechDaydreaming.com</p><p>- Fintech Daydreaming home page - https://www.FintechDaydreaming.com</p><p>- Fintech Daydreaming on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/fintech-daydreaming</p><p>- Pål Krogdahl - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krogdahl/</p><p>- Ville Sointu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ville-sointu-54682b/</p>