The main theme of the event was "The future of banking".
As this future is increasingly shaped by technology and digitalization and therefore start-ups with a focus on financial technology ("fintechs"), the focus of the event was on the networking of banks and financial service providers with fintechs.
The Bankingclub team invited over 100 exciting fintechs from over 10 categories (including open banking, financing, insurtech, crypto, etc.). All fintechs were represented with a small stand and also presented themselves in the form of pitches - based on this, one winner per category and then an overall winner was chosen. Our Managing Director & CCO Niels was a member of the jury.
1st place: Fabit
2nd place: Finexity
1st place: Wetterheld
2nd place: Regpit
In addition to the fintechs and their pitches, there was a series of exciting keynotes, presentations and panel discussions on relevant topics in the industry and, of course, plenty of interaction with the trade fair guests.
As a representative of Mehrwerk, Niels gave a thought leadership keynote on the industry trend "Beyond Banking" and the experiences Mehrwerk has made in this context.
"From 0815 to Beyond Bank: Atypical = different product offerings as the key to growing customer revenues"
If you missed the keynote, you will soon find it as a digital recording here on our blog.
Of course, our spirit animal and mascot - Franky the giraffe - was also present at FintechWorld23. As always, Franky received a lot of attention and thus helped us to convey the Mehrwerk effect to as many event participants as possible, which the giraffe embodies perfectly: likeable, different, eye-catching and thus making the difference to success.
