Alp Dalkilic becomes Head of FinTech at Austrian Anadi Bank

Alp Dalkilic (49) will take over the newly created role of Head of FinTech at Austrian Anadi Bank in May 2021. The internationally experienced financial expert is now responsible for the bank's internal FinTech.

Vienna, 12th of May 2021 – In this newly created role, Bavarian-born Alp Dalkilic (49) will be responsible for the further development of the bank's FinTech DNA from his base in Klagenfurt. Almost 20 per cent of the bank's employees already work in the bank's internal FinTech, which was developed from Anadi Bank's Digital & IT Hub. In his new role, the internationally experienced bank manager will be responsible for implementing Anadi Bank's FinTech strategy. To this end, he will drive forward the expansion of the scalable and multipliable platform, optimise digitalised end-to-end processes and roll out innovative products and sales channels in the digital sector. "With Alp Dalkilic, an absolute top manager is taking over the management of our internal FinTech. He will drive forward our FinTech strategy and the FinTech business model in Austria and beyond the country's borders. His addition to the Anadi team demonstrates that we have developed into an attractive player for digital managers and employees in the DACH region and the vehemence with which we are rolling out our digital strategy. I am convinced that with Alp Dalkilic at the head of our FinTech team, we will make excellent use of the great synergies between agile FinTech and a lean full-service bank," says Christian Kubitschek, CEO of Austrian Anadi Bank.

Alp Dalkilic joined Anadi Bank in April 2021, where he came on board as Senior Advisor for the FinTech strategy. Prior to that, as a long-standing member of the Management Board (CFO/COO) of Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG, he played a leading role in the digital roadmap, the product and process portfolio and the expansion of innovative sales channels for Deutsche Bank's retail and SME business. In his previous positions as Managing Director, he was also responsible for countless corporate finance transactions and strategic initiatives for the Deutsche Bank Group, allowing him to draw on a high level of capital market expertise and an extensive international network. The industrial engineering graduate also completed an Executive MBA at Aston Business School in Birmingham, UK. Alp Dalkilic on his new role: "I look forward to working with my excellent FinTech team and my banking colleagues to drive forward our dynamic and highly flexible FinTech business model, which enables sustainable and scalable growth with highly innovative products and sales approaches."

Carinthian full-service bank with FinTech DNA makes the move to Germany

Austrian Anadi Bank launched its expansion into Germany in April with its digital SME loan. Together with its sales partner Compeon, the leading digital platform for SME financing, Anadi Bank is offering more than 2.5 million SMEs in Germany an industry-leading range of loans. The credit platform offers great usability, a credit decision almost in real time and simultaneous offers for fixed and variable interest rates. Christian Kubitschek summarises the topic of banking and FinTech: "In our view, banking and FinTech are not a contradiction in terms. Anadi Bank combines the best of both worlds with its FinTech DNA and its expertise as a full-service bank: On the one hand, as a full-service bank, we have the experience, risk/compliance processes and structures required for many banking services and products. On the other hand, as an agile FinTech, we can score points with high decision-making speed, rapid implementation and great innovative strength."

About Austrian Anadi Bank AG:

Austrian Anadi Bank AG is an Austrian hybrid bank with the business segments Retail Banking, Digital Banking, Corporate Banking and Public Finance. With its unique value proposition based on a modern hybrid approach, Anadi Bank challenges traditional banking models: On the one hand, it offers personalised customer service via a multi-channel approach with branches and a team of customer care agents. On the other hand, Anadi Bank focuses on easy-to-use digital services and is continuously developing its digital value chain. As the principal bank for numerous SMEs in trade, industry and the property sector, the bank makes targeted use of the advantages of its lean structure and high decision-making speed. As a product specialist, Anadi Bank places a particular focus on smart and customised solutions for companies. In Carinthia and Vienna, around 250 employees work for approximately 57,000 customers.