The Ukrainian banking system has faced the ultimate stress test: maintaining the financial backbone of society during a full-scale war, while simultaneously continuing to modernise and digitalise to remain resilient and efficient for the future. Olga Vasylieva from the National Bank of Ukraine’s payment systems department will shar e how the Ukrainian banking sector has adapted, innovated, and endured under extraordinary pressure, and, together with Mario Blazevic, managing director of Tieto Banktech, reflect on how the Nordic countries can become even better prepared for the future.