Kilian Thalhammer

Expert on Blockchain and Payment, Head of Merchant Solutions, Deutsche Bank

Kilian Thalhammer

Expert on Blockchain and Payment, Head of Merchant Solutions, Deutsche Bank

Kilian Thalhammer has been involved in the topics of payment, FinTech, eCommerce & loyalty for more than 15 years. He is Managing Director and Head of Merchant Solutions at Deutsche Bank, having spent many years as a consultant, business angel and board member in the FinTech sector. After graduating in civil engineering, Kilian Thalhammer joined webmiles as Head of Integration & Support Europe in the first wave of the New Economy. After the sale of the company to Arvato, he moved to the CRM/loyalty consultancy Client Vela as an equity partner and helped build up the consultancy and outsourcing service provider until its exit to Swiss Post. This was followed by two years at Swiss Post as Director Solutions and in FinTech-relevant roles as CPO at RatePay (Otto Group) and CPO/Managing Director at the Rocket Internet subsidiary PAYMILL, before he became VP Product at Wirecard, where he was responsible for product management in the Payment&Risk area. As Co-Founder of Paymentandbanking.com, he is one of the relevant voices in the FinTech sector. He has been a mentor in the Innovation Accelerator of the World Food Programme in Munich for many years and, as a passionate business angel, is actively and "reactively" involved in several start-ups - mostly in the FinTech & Loyalty environment. These include Lodgify, Fincompare, forexfix, Loyalty Prime and Savedroid. Since September 2020, the payments expert has been responsible for digital payment solutions for corporate clients at Deutsche Bank. The practical and strategic experience Kilian Thalhammer gathers in the various companies is bundled in his lectures and convinces with practical relevance. He guides us through the world of digital finance in an entertaining and well-founded manner.

About Kilian Thalhammer

Kilian Thalhammer has been involved in the topics of payment, FinTech, eCommerce & loyalty for more than 15 years. He is Managing Director and Head of Merchant Solutions at Deutsche Bank, having spent many years as a consultant, business angel and board member in the FinTech sector.

After graduating in civil engineering, Kilian Thalhammer joined webmiles as Head of Integration & Support Europe in the first wave of the New Economy. After the sale of the company to Arvato, he moved to the CRM/loyalty consultancy Client Vela as an equity partner and helped build up the consultancy and outsourcing service provider until its exit to Swiss Post. This was followed by two years at Swiss Post as Director Solutions and in FinTech-relevant roles as CPO at RatePay (Otto Group) and CPO/Managing Director at the Rocket Internet subsidiary PAYMILL, before he became VP Product at Wirecard, where he was responsible for product management in the Payment&Risk area. As Co-Founder of Paymentandbanking.com, he is one of the relevant voices in the FinTech sector.

He has been a mentor in the Innovation Accelerator of the World Food Programme in Munich for many years and, as a passionate business angel, is actively and "reactively" involved in several start-ups - mostly in the FinTech & Loyalty environment. These include Lodgify, Fincompare, forexfix, Loyalty Prime and Savedroid.

Since September 2020, the payments expert has been responsible for digital payment solutions for corporate clients at Deutsche Bank.

The practical and strategic experience Kilian Thalhammer gathers in the various companies is bundled in his lectures and convinces with practical relevance. He guides us through the world of digital finance in an entertaining and well-founded manner.

Topics

  • Banking of the Future
  • FinTech Overview
  • Blockchain - Hype or Hoax?