Full Name
Taner Akcok
Job Title
CTO of Corporate Bank Germany and Global Head of API Banking
Company
Deutsche Bank
Speaker Bio
Taner Akcok is a serial entrepreneur, intrapreneur, and investor, currently residing in Berlin, Germany. He serves as the CTO of Corporate Bank Germany and Global Head of API Banking at Deutsche Bank. Prior to this role, Taner worked as an Industry Advisor at Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures. He has achieved three successful exits and has been recognized by Forbes "30 Under 30" in Europe.
Taner began his career at Microsoft, where he orchestrated the ‘Microsoft for Startups’ program in the MEA region. Following that, he founded AppAnalytics, a company recognized by Business Insider as the 2nd Fastest Growing B2B Startup in the World. In 2016, he sold AppAnalytics to Nomad Commerce. He later joined Webtrekk, where he played a key role in developing the first GDPR-compliant customer intelligence platform in Europe. Webtrekk became the 5th largest analytics solution in the world, according to Forrester Wave Research, and was acquired by Mapp in 2018. After Webtrekk, Taner founded finleap connect, where he served as Managing Director and CPO/CTO, driving the platform to become Europe’s leading financial API platform. finleap connect was later acquired by Finch Capital.
Recognized as an industry expert, Taner has demonstrated deep expertise in API Banking, Embedded Finance, BaaS, Data and AI Platforms, as well as AI Banking. He regularly shares his insights at global conferences and in the media.
Further information can be found at tanerakcok.com.
Taner Akcok