Digital Dump Podcast #30 with André Bajorat

Every Friday, Steven Batiste’s and Kate Pohl’s "Digital Dump” podcast is all about the world of technology. They goal is to demystify the magic word "TECH" and make the complex transparent and easy to understand – not only for experts, but for everyone.

I In the current episode, the focus is on André Bajorat and his path to Head of Strategy at Deutsche Bank from the fintech world. The „Border Crosser“ tells us, how he had the idea to found Payment & Banking and why he moved from the fintech world to banking.

André discusses how successful cooperations between banks and Fintechs can succeed and why fintech´s must follow the rules of regulators!

Which future technologies does he believe in? What role does artificial intelligence play in this context and why embedded finance and contextual banking become the New Normal?

You can find out by listening to “Digital Dump”. It’s definitely worth tuning in!

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The Hosts:

• Kate Pohl,Digital Dump presenter, Head of Banking & Partner Strategy and Excecution, Traxpay
• Steven Batiste, Digital Dump presenter, CTO, TIS

The Interviewee:

• André Bajorat, Founder and Editor Payment & Banking, Head of Strategy Unternehmerbank, Deutsche Bank

More information on:

https://www.traxpay.com/…

About the podcast Digital Dump

Every Friday, Steven Batiste’s and Kate Pohl’s "Digital Dump” podcast is all about the world of technology. They want to demystify the magic word "TECH" and make the complex transparent and easy to understand – not just for experts – but for everyone.

About André Bajorat:

Experienced Manager and Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Digital Strategy, E-commerce, Sales, Events, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital. Strong business development professional graduated from Universität zu Köln.

Former Managing Director of giropay, Star Finanz, enforce, figo. Owner of amb capital, Founder and Editor of payment and banking, Investor in Brygge, Compa, sparkdata, Portify, Vantik, LoanLink, WeddyPlace, wajve, finleap, figo, fincompare, moss, penseo etc.

About Kate Pohl:

Kate is Passionate about transformation through digitalization and innovation. She started her banking career in NYC at Bank of New York, later moving to Germany as Senior Credit Officer and Geschäftsleiterin. Kate joined Chase Bank AG/JPMC to head Treasury Services Sales and later moved to ABN AMRO as Global Transactions Services Head for Germany. Four years later she moved to Amsterdam for ABN Amro to create and lead Global Implementation Management, later becoming Head of Global Compliance for GTS, IT, & Operations. In 2008 Kate returned to Frankfurt for Citigroup assuming the role of GTS Head for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She joined ING Bank Germany 5+ years later to head Transaction Services and in 2016 became Head of Payments Innovation for Germany and Austria.  In July 2018, Kate left the banking arena to work as a Freelance Consultant and Advisor to fintechs, banks, & corporations, supporting their quest to become more efficient and effective in financial services. In 2021, Kate joined the Frankfurt-based fintech, Traxpay, as Head of Banking & Partner Strategy and Execution. She also facilitates the Euro Banking Association’s Open Forum and works with The Core Leadership Institute, to help professionals find their leadership purpose. Kate loves to podcast, interviewing key players in the area of technology, together with Steven Batiste for Digital Dump. 

About Steven Batiste:

An entrepreneurial and hands-on technical leader proven to be the architect, Principal Engineer, CTO or Manager needed to ship high-quality products and platforms at scale.

Tis, Ogetit, VokNo, Insurance Simplified, Eriscon, David Geffen School, JACE Holding, Magic Leap, GaolFin, Seed Studio, THQ, Naughty Dog, Genuine Games.

About TIS:

TIS is reimagining the world of enterprise payments through a cloud-based platform uniquely designed to help global organizations optimize outbound payments. Corporations, banks, and business vendors leverage TIS to transform how they connect global accounts, collaborate on payment processes, execute outbound payments, analyze cash flow and compliance data, and improve critical outbound payment functions. The TIS corporate payments platform helps businesses improve operational efficiency, lower risk, manage liquidity, gain a strategic advantage, and ultimately achieve enterprise payment optimization.