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Vilja

“Can a composable, cloud-native core banking platform displace legacy systems across European banks by delivering faster time-to-market through API-first infrastructure?”

Founded2007
HQSweden (Nordic region)
IndustryInfrastructure / BaaS
The story

Founded in 2007 as a lean alternative to legacy core banking systems for Nordic banks, Vilja gradually evolved into a fully cloud-native, Kubernetes-based platform with composable architecture. The company positioned itself as infrastructure for banks wanting to launch products faster, shifting from a traditional loan-and-deposit system vendor to a broader 'banking operating system' play. Today it is the self-described market-leading cloud-native core banking platform in the Nordics, with installations across Europe and ambitions for global expansion.

Last 12 months
2022
Product timeline
2007
Founded by five IT and banking experts to build a modern loan and deposit system free of legacy constraints.· banking
2022
Vilja and Bosam won two awards at the IBS Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2022, signalling growing market recognition.· banking
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Vilja
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Vilja’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none

Vilja — frequently asked

Where is Vilja headquartered?

Vilja is founded in 2007 and headquartered in Sweden (Nordic region).

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