Best fintech marketing agencies · 2027 guide
Fintech marketing, PR and event agencies in the Nordics
How to choose a fintech marketing agency, what fintech PR and communications should do for you, when you need a fintech event agency, and who to call in Stockholm.
The short answer
There is no single best fintech marketing agency; there is a best agency for the job in front of you. Choose by the job:
| The job | Who does it | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Brand, website, content | Brand, design and content agencies | Positioning, a site, a content engine |
| Demand from ads and search | Performance and growth agencies | Leads from paid and organic channels |
| Media, analysts, reputation | PR and communications agencies | Coverage, briefings, crisis readiness |
| Time with named buyers | Fintech event agencies | Rooms with your target accounts |
| A new country | Market entry services | Local network, regulation, first customers |
Most fintechs selling to banks need two of these at once: something that builds trust at scale (brand, content, PR) and something that gets the buying committee into a room (events, partnerships).
How to choose a fintech marketing agency: eight questions
- Have you sold to banks, payment companies or other licensed buyers? Six to ten people sign off a bank deal; ask how they reach each one.
- Do you know the marketing rules for financial services? Consumer credit, investment and payments marketing each have rules. An agency should know where the lines are.
- Who will actually do the work? Ask to meet them, not just the pitch team.
- How many fintech clients do you have now, and are any competitors? Some agencies, ours included, take one client per vertical.
- What do you report, and how often? Named accounts and meetings beat impressions.
- What is counted and what is estimated? Pipeline estimates should be labelled as estimates.
- What does your team need from ours? Hours a week, approvals, subject-matter experts.
- How do we stop? Month to month, or a long lock-in?
Fintech marketing agencies and partners in our Stockholm network
These are agencies and partners in our own network, with a line on what each does. It is not a paid ranking and nobody paid to be listed. Disclosure: Alexandra worked at Heijbel Growth as an ad designer, and Heijbel Growth has been a client.
Alexandra Studio
Works only with fintechs. Gets the buyers you name into a room you co-host with a brand they trust: executive breakfasts, dinners, panels, builder nights and build days, plus podcast and content from the room.
Heijbel Growth
Heijbel Growth is a Stockholm-based growth and performance marketing agency that produces ad creative and runs media buying across digital and traditional channels.
growthhackers.se
Growth Hackers is a Stockholm-based growth marketing agency that helps Nordic B2B companies grow with data-driven SEO, performance marketing and AI-driven strategies.
Precis
Precis is an independent, tech-driven digital marketing agency that combines media, creative, tech, data and analytics services.
Topvisible
Topvisible is a Swedish digital marketing agency that helps companies and brands grow through data-driven marketing.
Hartman Agency
Hartman Agency is a small Stockholm design and web agency that builds brands and websites and offers design on a monthly subscription.
StoryKit
Storykit is a Stockholm-based AI video automation platform and content service that helps organisations turn existing knowledge into on-brand videos and social content.
Fintech PR and communications: what good looks like
In the Nordics, fintech PR works best when it is earned rather than pitched. A good fintech PR and communications agency, or an in-house team, should:
- Lead with data. Journalists cover new numbers. Your own data (transaction trends, survey results, a ranking like our Fintech Awards) is the most reliable route into the trade press.
- Get you on stages before it gets you in print. Panels at Stockholm Fintech Week, Nordic Fintech Week and the Nordic Fintech Summit put you in front of the same editors and buyers, and give them a reason to quote you.
- Plan for bank approvals. A bank customer's name in a press release can take months to approve. Agree it in the contract.
- Know the Nordic media. Breakit for Swedish tech and startups, Nordic Fintech Magazine and Sifted for fintech, plus podcasts and newsletters read by the industry.
- Be ready for a bad day. An outage or a regulator's letter needs a plan written before it happens.
Our own content work is built from the rooms we host: podcast episodes, short videos and posts that everyone in the room shares. See B2B content systems. Features in Stockholm Growth & Fintech (1,666 subscribers) are editorial, not sold.
When you need a fintech event agency
You need an event agency when the deal depends on people meeting: a tier-1 bank that won't take a cold meeting, a market where nobody knows you yet, or a conference where a booth buys ten minutes with people who are also selling. A good fintech event agency designs the room around one question, brings a co-host the guests trust, fills the seats with the accounts you named, and reports who came.
In 2026 we ran eleven in-person B2B events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Amsterdam; the Embedded Finance Build Day on 25 August 2026 cost SEK 25,000 and no paid advertising: 98 registrations, 72 approved places, 44 builders in 15 teams, 15 working prototypes, 26 companies in the room and 14 warm leads at SEK 1,785 each. See our track record and the Insider Events schedule. Venues in our network that work well for fintech rooms:
A House
A House runs creative coworking spaces, flexible offices and event venues in several buildings across Stockholm.
Embassy House
Embassy House runs coworking spaces and private offices in Stockholm and Lund, Sweden.
Munchen Bryggeriet
Münchenbryggeriet is an event and conference venue in a former brewery building in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Convendum
Convendum operates coworking spaces, serviced office hotels and conference venues in central business locations.
Market entry services for fintechs entering the Nordics
Help for fintechs entering Sweden or the Nordics comes from four places:
- Public trade and investment agencies: Business Sweden and Invest Stockholm help foreign companies set up and find partners.
- Fintech hubs and associations: Stockholm Fintech, SweFinTech, Copenhagen Fintech, Goose Valley Ventures, and Fintech Farm in Helsinki, which runs the Nordic Fintech Summit.
- The regulator: Finansinspektionen authorises payment and e-money institutions in Sweden; firms licensed elsewhere in the EU can passport in.
- Go-to-market partners: people who already have rooms with your buyers. That is what our GTM service does, and our guide to selling to Nordic banks covers the rest.
Questions people ask
What is the best fintech marketing agency?
The best one for your job: brand and content agencies for positioning, performance agencies for paid demand, PR agencies for coverage, event agencies for time with named buyers, and market entry partners for a new country. Ask whether they have sold to banks and licensed buyers, who does the work, and what is counted versus estimated.
What does a fintech PR and communications agency do?
Earns coverage and reputation: data-led stories for the trade press, speaking slots, analyst briefings, customer announcements (with bank approvals planned in), and a plan for bad days.
What is a fintech event agency?
An agency that gets your target buyers into a room: executive breakfasts, partner dinners, panels, builder nights and build days, usually co-hosted with a brand the guests trust, with a report of who came.
What market entry services exist for the Nordics?
Public agencies such as Business Sweden and Invest Stockholm, fintech hubs and associations, the regulator Finansinspektionen for licensing, and go-to-market partners who already have rooms with your buyers.
Is Alexandra Studio a fintech marketing agency?
Alexandra Studio is a Stockholm B2B growth studio that works only with fintechs, as a fintech marketing and event agency. The growth engagement is free for the first month, then SEK 55,000 a month excluding VAT, invoiced only for months that reach 30 qualified leads and 5 held calls.