'FDF2025: AI Beyond the Hype: What’s Next for Financial Services?

AI in finance—what remains when the hype fades?
Sascha Beck (GFT), Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer (Unique), Stephan Paxmann (LBBW), Sebastian Becker (Redalpine), and Christian Weil (ABN AMRO / Bethmann Bank) explore what real, scalable opportunities exist for AI adoption in banking and investment today.

0:00 Intro: Sasha Beck
0:57 Current State of AI in Banking
2:02 AI References in Banking
2:59 Challenges & Roadblocks
3:45 AI Success Factors for Banks: focus on the high impact topics
4:28 What's next for AI in Banking?
5:45 GFT: Accelerating AI Business Value
6:57 Round of Introductions: Panelists
8:20 Stephan Paxmann (LBBW): Impact of AI
9:50 Dr. Sina Wulfmeyer (Unique): View on the AI Market
10:58 Sebastian Becker (Redalpine): Venture Capital Point of View
11:40 Christian Weil (ABN AMRO / Bethmann Bank): Point of View
13:15 Efficiency Gains of AI
13:47 Upscaling the Clients though AI
14:45 Talent Market
16:57 Regulation & Innovation
18:56 AI Agenda: LBBW
20:48 AI Agenda: Bethmann Bank
21:33 Data Quality & Data Protection
23:05 Lange vs Small Players
24:19 How to find the right Partner & Collaborations?
26:25 Early Adopter vs Fast Follower
27:42 What will change in the future?
30:32 Europe vs Worldwide Banking AI Market
35:35 Risk of Deepfakes
39:14 Switzerland vs Germany AI in Banking
41:11 AI Tools for & in everyday life
45:31 Future AI Agenda

FRANKFURT DIGITAL FINANCE brings together top executives, investors, entrepreneurs, academics and policy makers on a single platform. The event serves to enable exchange of ideas and foster collaboration in the European digital finance ecosystem – helping disruptive companies find corporate partners and investors and established financial services providers to innovate their business models.

The conference offers two days packed with high quality content covering the key topics shaping the European financial industry. Day 2 of the event is dedicated to FDF’s EUROPEAN FINTECH DAY which assembles top startups from Europe's leading fintech hubs and connects them with banks, VC investors, co-innovation and business partners.

SAVE THE DATE: FRANKFURT DIGITAL FINANCE Conference #7 and EUROPEAN FINTECH DAY will be held on 11-12 February 2026. Find more information on www.frankfurt-digital-finance.de.