Orsi Husz

Orsi Husz, historian at Uppsala University who studies everyday economic life, discusses how banks became woven into daily routines in welfare-state Sweden. She traces archival evidence of wage accounts, credit cards, welfare payments, and targeted marketing. Short, vivid explanations map bankification across gender, identity, and the rise of digital payments.

Orsi Husz, Professor at Uppsala University who studies the cultural history of personal finance, explains how banks became woven into everyday Swedish life. She discusses archival discoveries, the welfare state’s role in encouraging household banking, gendered marketing to housewives, the rise of credit cards, and how past bankification connects to today’s digital payments.