Cense wins Mastercard Fintech 2025 contest in The Netherlands

Cense has been crowned the winner of the Mastercard Fintech 2025 competition in the Netherlands.

Cense will now advance to the Western Europe Final to be held in Barcelona in November, to compete with the continent’s other most disruptive fintech businesses for a grand prize including €100,000 in marketing support, expert mentoring and a fast track to the Mastercard Start Path.

In a global economy where the fintech and crypto landscape is evolving at lightning speed, growth comes with a challenge: how to ensure that innovation goes hand in hand with trust. Cense bridges the gap between the world of crypto and the traditional financial sector, with a focus on transparency and anti-money laundering compliance.

The Mastercard For Fintechs programme, of which Cense is a member, brings startups, scale-ups and established players together to co-create solutions that make the financial sector future-proof.

Hugo Leijtens, Chief Strategy Officer, said: “Winning the Dutch Mastercard Fintech 2025 competition isn’t just recognition of our work, it’s proof that the industry is ready to embrace responsible innovation.”

“At Cense, we believe compliance should be a business enabler, not a barrier. Together with Mastercard and our partners, we are showing how crypto and traditional finance can converge in a safe, scalable and sustainable way.”

“We know that collaboration between fintechs, payment networks and banks is the only way to embed crypto and stablecoin technologies sustainably into tomorrow’s financial infrastructure. The Mastercard For Fintechs programme shows that this collaboration is possible, and urgently needed.”

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