‘Europe, seize the moment!’ was the motto of this year’s Frankfurt Digital Finance, which took place on 11 and 12 February. As a platform that connects Frankfurt with leading European ecosystems, it provided an ideal stage for our high-profile panel discussion on Open Finance.

What exactly is the EU’s Framework for Financial Data Access (FIDA) aiming to unlock? Where will future product and service value emerge? And what can the EU learn from other ecosystems already years ahead – such as Brazil, the UK or Singapore?

To address these questions, we brought together outstanding voices from regulation, banking, insurance and global open finance experience to discuss the central question for Europe’s financial future: How can the EU build an Open Finance framework that is globally competitive, aligned with European values, and both economically and operationally viable?

Moderated by Christopher Schmitz, Partner at EY-Parthenon and Europe West FinTech & Open Finance Leader, the conversation went far beyond compliance and technical standards but addressed the fundamental questions. Together with our distinguished guests Alice Guedel, Policy Officer at the European Commission and responsible for FIDA, Verena Ritter-Döring, Partner at Taylor Wessing, Daniel Nestrovsky, Head of Open Finance Regulation at Bradesco, Joris Hensen, Founder and Head of API at Deutsche Bank, and Stephen Voss, CEO & Founder at Neodigital Versicherung, we engaged in a constructive and forward-looking discussion on how Open Finance can become a reality in Europe and what it takes to turn regulation into real value for the customers and the industry.

Intro moderated by: Peter Fricke, Associate Director FinTech Business Development.

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