Germany
Matthias Kroener: A highly respected leader with flair for planning, building, operating disruptive and customer-centric banking business models.
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"Matthias is a fantastic speaker who could easily have been a stand-up comic – he’s one of the funniest Germans I know (actually, the only funny German I know) – but his humour always has a keen business insight. He understands how markets and business works, and can personalise that to an audience to make it relevant to each and everyone of them. I’ve seen Matthias present on many occasions and just wish that I could get a little of his charisma to improve my presentation style … and I don’t say that very often."
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About Matthias
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As a CEO, co-founder and shareholder of Fidor Group, he created a pioneering digital and mobile financial services technology provider. Starting in 2007, Fidor quickly became a pioneer of global fintech development – often named as the oldest fintech bank in the world.
When it was time to leave Fidor, the group was truly global with successful offices running in Dubai, Munich, New York and Singapore. It had operated in BtoC and BtoB and received a string of awards and accolades.
Prior to Fidor, Matthias had already co-created Europe’s first digital bank and online broker, DAB bank, and served as its CEO – with a successful IPO in 1999 and acquisition of Selftrade in 2000.
As a thought leader, Matthias is known as an inspirational keynote speaker. He is a successful incubator for several highly innovative start-up companies, and an active seasoned senior digital advisor, company creator and investor.
See keynotes with Matthias KroenerHow to bring real financial data and interactions into video games and make the world of finance accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
Undergoing more than 25 years of professional experience, founding two banks myself, and seeing the struggle for many years with the financial education of my customers, I came to understand the following: through play, we develop ourselves as we develop social behaviours, tactical consideration and strategic thinking. Why do we overlook the possibilities of play in our financial education?
Statistics show that over three billion people are playing video games – and that number continues to grow.
In this fast-paced session, we examine the problem of financial illiteracy using the capacities of video games and gamification. We investigate game-based learning, what makes video games so successful and why gamification is so detrimental.
Your audience will come to understand:
Why regulators and technology are working hand in hand to be the strongest game changers for retail banking.
Open Banking is transforming the way banks operate, how they engage with customers and the products and services they provide. It has become a global phenomenon supported by regulations such as PSD2 and the UK’s Open Banking initiative but driven by consumer expectations, business needs and rapid technological development.
Being with Fidor’s BtB offer at the forefront of the Banking-as-a-Service market development, Matthias identifies the challenges banks face and discusses the key components and characteristics of a successful future banking platform.
With less direct customer interaction, new business models and partnerships with non-banking players will play a crucial role in a bank’s efforts to integrate with their customers’ lifestyles, interests and needs.
Key Takeaways:
The essential guide to understanding and engaging the next generation of Financial Services customers.
No organization or business can afford to ignore the digital consumer.
With roots in the hotel/hospitality industry, Matthias gained extensive practical knowledge and understanding of delivering customer-centric services and solutions. He understood early on that digital technologies will allow a superior customer experience. Having created two online banks himself (with a strong customer-centric drive at its core) Matthias has a unique insight into digital customer behaviour.
His insight into regulatory environments combined with a deep understanding of technological trends has enabled Matthias to build bridges between the traditional banking world and fintech-powered digital banking platforms.
Key Takeaways:
Why your retail bank, as you know it today, will disappear.
The financial services industry is currently facing a perfect storm of disruption and upheaval, and the challenges that lie ahead will require an unprecedented level of agility and adaptability.
Open Banking is transforming the way banks operate, how they engage with customers, and the products and services they provide.
With less direct customer interaction, new business models and partnerships with non-banking players will play a crucial role in banks’ efforts to integrate with customers’ lifestyles, interests and needs.
Key Takeaways:
How incumbent banks can embrace and tackle the world of fintech innovation.
The financial services industry is currently facing a perfect storm of disruption and upheaval, and the challenges that lie ahead will require an unprecedented level of agility and adaptability. To survive and succeed, organizations must be ready to anticipate, prepare for and pre-empt this disruption.
In this presentation, Matthias will uncover the specific challenges faced by incumbent banks. He will also take a look at the business life cycle of an established bank and see why banks need to radically change their approach – and make some tough decisions.
Key Takeaways:
"Matthias is one of the most inspiring disruptors and thought leaders in the industry I ever met."
Brett King
"At the end of the day, it is not a tech-game, it is a culture game. Great takeaways from Matthias ́ presentation."
"Will challenger banks become as complex as incumbents when building everything by themselves? Fantastic panel on “buy build or partner”. Great track!"
"Great presentation today by Matthias Kroener, highlighting fintech approach vs. incumbents strategy – and its huge conflict."
Susanne Chrishti
"Unfortunately, I always felt constantly caught during Matthias ́ Murder and Assassination talk at Money2020, being a representative of an incumbent player, in charge for strategic growth development and M&A."
Holger Ziegler
"Fantastic murders and assassinations presentation. Possibly my favourite of the whole conference. It’s always good when you go to conferences and speakers are discussing real life experiences rather than reading from a corporate script. I think that helps everyone."
Sophia Furber
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