Financial crime doesn’t look the way most people imagine it, because it rarely announces itself. It hides in transaction patterns, in the gap between what a business says it does and what it actually does, in the split second between a payment…
On the first Friday of April, Wallester teams in Tallinn, Riga, and Cannes did something very simple yet very worthwhile. They went to the cinema together. Now, on paper, that might not seem like that big of a deal. In practice, though, it was, becau…
For most businesses, financial transactions have historically been an external task. Whether it is paying a supplier, issuing an employee reimbursement, or distributing a loan, the process typically involves leaving a core operating platform to log i…
In enterprise finance, the physical act of making a payment is now instantaneous. Capital moves across digital rails in milliseconds. However, for the majority of finance departments, the administrative process that follows remains a manual, multi-da…
The global B2B payments landscape is undergoing a structural transformation. Currently valued at $11.69 trillion, the market is projected to reach $15.88 trillion by 2030, according to ResearchAndMarkets. This 5.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR)…
Wallester has been ranked the fastest-growing fintech company in Europe in the Financial Times FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2026, securing the #1 position in the Fintech, Financial Services & Insurance category and 38th place overal…
With more than two decades of experience across infrastructure, platform engineering, and technical leadership, Andrei Skopenko has built and scaled engineering organisations in some of the most demanding environments in fintech and crypto. He…
The European tech landscape is evolving rapidly. Gone are the days of “growth at all costs.” Today, successful scaling requires precision, adaptability, and a strategic approach to talent acquisition. In a recent live discussion, Anna Met…
For a long time, launching a branded card programme felt like climbing Everest – expensive, bogged down by regulation, and reserved only for the banking elite. That has officially changed. We recently hosted a high-level webinar, “Scale y…
At Wallester, we believe that the same drive, precision, and teamwork that fuel our fintech innovations are just as vital on the court. That is why we are incredibly proud to sponsor Vortex, a team that perfectly embodies the spirit of competition an…
Sadly, some people fall through the cracks. The state can’t step in or they don’t qualify for state support, but they can’t make it on their own either. There’s a single mother whose roof is leaking and a child with special ne…
Wallester is proud to announce that we have joined DHL Express’s GoGreen Plus Silver programme, which reduces the carbon footprint of air transport logistics by 30% at its baseline tier. But we are already aiming even higher, committing to a 35% redu…
On February 4th, the doors of our new Tallinn office opened to the local tech community for a very special occasion: our first-ever external tech event, hosted in partnership with DevClub.ee. The evening was more than just a meetup; it was a mileston…
In today’s competitive talent market, employee benefits can make or break retention and engagement – but traditional programs are often rigid, local, and administratively burdensome. Beneflo, a European fintech-HR startup, set out to change tha…
For a long time, digital gift and reward platforms have been grappling with the same structural problem. On one hand, they wanted more control over how cards are issued, branded, and used. But at the same time, the infrastructure required to do that…
At Wallester, we’ve always believed that meaningful innovation in finance and payments happens through collaboration – whether local, regional, or international. And it’s not just about where you collaborate, but also who you collaborate with:…
Loyalty programmes are evolving. Of course, points still matter. Increasingly, however, customers expect more than just accumulation – they want immediacy, relevance, and ease of use as well. Or to put it differently: the question is no longer…
When GF Money, a Finnish fintech founded in 2011, set out to expand its digital financial services across Europe, it faced a familiar challenge for fast-growing fintechs: how to scale efficiently without compromising compliance, customer experience,…
