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Banking Meets Tech: Innovation Success Stories

November 13, 2024 • Efi Pylarinou

#digital #fintech #banking #transformation

A fascinating discussion with fintech veteran Frank Schwab from the early days of fintech, Frank's experience co-founding FinTech Forum, and his advisory roles with various banks across Germany, the Gulf region, and beyond.
Frank shares his views on digital transformation in banking, the role of cryptocurrencies, AI advancements, and challenges in data quality.
The conversation also touches on notable banking case studies and speculates on future trends and disruptors in the fintech landscape.

Case Studies mentioned:
Charles Schwab, US
Mashreq Bank, UAE
Sohar International Bank, Oman
Advanzia Bank, Germany

FrankSchwab https://frankschwab.de/ is a strategic advisor and co-founder of FinTech Forum Frankfurt 🇩🇪, a member of the Board of Directors at Gulf International Bank, Bahrain 🇧🇭 for PIF 🇸🇦, member of the Supervisory Board at Addiko Bank,Vienna 🇦🇹, a member of the Supervisory Board of Hauck & Aufhäuser Innovative Capital, Frankfurt 🇩🇪, and a LinkedIn Top Voice.

His main areas of expertise are innovation in technology, digital transformation, banking,FinTech, and cryptocurrencies.

With Fidor, Frank wonCelent’s Model Bank of the Year award in 2015. He was named one of the TopMinds in Digital Finance in Germany in 2020. Under his leadership as Chairman of the Innovation Committee at Gulf International Bank, the bank won more than ten innovation awards in digital banking.

Previously, Frank Schwab served as Chairman of Advanced Bitcoin Technologies, Managing Director ofToken, Managing Director of GIZS (paydirekt / Sparkassen), CEO of Fidor TecSAG, Chairman of Hufsy in Copenhagen 🇩🇰, Senior Advisor at McKinsey, a member of the Technology Advisory Board of Sberbank, Moscow 🇷🇺, a member of the Advisory Board of SONECT, Zurich 🇨🇭, and Director ofInnovation for Deutsche Bank.

He has also lectured for several years on Creativity and Innovation Management at Mannheim Business School.