European Digital Week 2025 - DAY 1

Unter dem Titel „Collaboration or Competition? Banken & FinTechs im Digitalzeitalter“ dreht sich alles um die Zukunft des Finanzplatzes – zwischen Kooperation, Innovation und internationalem Wettbewerb.

  • Wie behauptet sich Frankfurt im globalen Rennen um Talente, Technologien und Kapital?
  • Wie können Banken und FinTechs voneinander lernen, statt gegeneinander anzutreten?
  • Und welche Rolle spielen neue Technologien wie KI, Blockchain oder der digitale Euro für den Finanzstandort Deutschland?

In einer inspirierenden Mischung aus Diskussion, Innovation und Praxisbeispielen bringen wir führende Köpfe aus Banken, Startups, Aufsicht und Tech-Szene zusammen – um gemeinsam Antworten auf die drängendsten Fragen der digitalen Transformation zu finden.

Seien Sie dabei, wenn Frankfurt im Mittelpunkt steht – als Finanzplatz, als Innovationshub und als Ort, an dem die Zukunft des Bankings verhandelt wird.

Speakers
12
Sascha
Sascha Beck
Executive Director & Financial Services-Leader, GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart
Max
Max Becker
Founders Associate
Simon
Simon Censkowsky
Head of Business Development, Cashlink, Frankfurt/Main
Balkrishna
Balkrishna Dubey
Founder, Copast, Frankfurt/Main
Dirk
Dirk Emminger
CRO, euro-V GmbH
Niklas
Niklas Hegemann
Co-Founder & Managing Director, JoS Quantum
Dr. Henning
Dr. Henning Hesse
Director Business Development Europe, Dateio
Samira
Samira Maleki
Generalsekretärin, International Bankers Forum, Frankfurt/Main
Jochen
Jochen Metzger
Global Head of Markets, NowCM, Frankfurt/Main
Alice
Alice Rettig
Geschäftsführerin, TechQuartier, Frankfurt/Main
Christian
Christian Rhino
CIO, Private Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main
Patrick
Patrick Töniges
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Frankfurt/Main
Timeline
to Registrierung
Registrierung
 
to Panel
Begrüßung & Panel 1
 
Jochen
Jochen Metzger
Global Head of Markets, NowCM, Frankfurt/Main
Christian
Christian Rhino
CIO, Private Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main
Balkrishna
Balkrishna Dubey
Founder, Copast, Frankfurt/Main
Samira
Samira Maleki
Generalsekretärin, International Bankers Forum, Frankfurt/Main

Begrüßung 
Samira Maleki, Generalsekretärin, International Bankers Forum e.V., Frankfurt am Main


Opening 
Christian Rhino, CIO Private Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main** Vize-Präsident, International Bankers Forum e.V.


Panel I
Digital Frankfurt – Kann der Finanzplatz im internationalen Rennen bestehen?


• FinTech-Ökosystem: Blockchain, KI im Banking, Digitaler Euro
• Smart-City & digitale Verwaltung als Standortfaktor
• Was passiert, wenn die „klugen Köpfe“ nach USA oder Asien abwandern?
• Wie Frankfurt Talente aus aller Welt anzieht – und was Unternehmen dafür bieten müssen

to Panel
Powertalk
 
Alice
Alice Rettig
Geschäftsführerin, TechQuartier, Frankfurt/Main
Sascha
Sascha Beck
Executive Director & Financial Services-Leader, GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart
Christian
Christian Rhino
CIO, Private Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main

Kooperationsmodelle – Banken und FinTechs als Partner statt Rivalen

• „Coopetition“: Wie Banken und FinTechs voneinander profitieren können
• API-Ökonomie & Open Banking: Standards, Chancen und Risiken
• Cloud & Plattformmodelle: Transformation der Wertschöpfungsketten
• Compliance & Regulatorik: Wie gemeinsame Innovation trotz Regularien möglich wird

to Pause
Kaffeepause
 
to Innovationen im Praxistest
Innovationen im Praxistest
 
Simon
Simon Censkowsky
Head of Business Development, Cashlink, Frankfurt/Main
Dirk
Dirk Emminger
CRO, euro-V GmbH
Patrick
Patrick Töniges
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Frankfurt/Main
Max
Max Becker
Founders Associate

Ausgewählte FinTech-Unternehmen stellen in kompakten Kurzvorträgen ihre Lösungen und Kooperationsansätze vor.

 

StartUps 

  • Cashlink (Crypto & Tokenization) Simon Censkowsky, Head of Business Development
  • euro-V (Verification of Payee, Payment Agents & Digital Euro) Dirk Emminger, Marketing & Vertrieb
  • Jos Quantum (Quantum) Niklas Hegemann, Co-Founder & Quantum AI tech advisor
  • Spotixx (AML) Patrick Töniges, Co-Founder & Managing Director
  • Become1 (Open Finance & Mitarbeiterbenefits) Max Becker, Founders Associate

Kommentierung und Diskussion
Fishbowl Diskussion: Vertreter führender Banken, Investoren und der Aufsicht geben Einschätzungen: 

  • Welches Potenzial für den Finanzplatz Deutschland? 
  • Welche regulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen sind entscheidend? 
  • Wo sehen Banken unmittelbare Einsatzmöglichkeiten?


Moderation 
Alice Rettig, Geschäftsführung TechQuartier, Frankfurt am Main
Christian Rhino, CIO Private Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Vize-Präsident, International Bankers Forum e.V.

to Networking
Networking & Fingerfood: Bank trifft FinTech
 
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