Thomas Hartmann (IBM) and Wolfgang Berger (IBM) – Industry Insights

Thomas Hartmann (IBM) and Wolfgang Berger (IBM) – Industry Insights

Industry Insights: Integration Challenges for Financial Institutes

As digital currencies and assets gain attention and popularity, they are not only driving big changes in financial markets, but also posing challenges for all financial institutions, such as banks. Traditional banks are build with a conventional architecture and consist of a number of individual departments and layers. When it comes to integrating digital assets, this traditional system is confronted with a new dynamic system and everyone is trying to master the hurdles of integration the best way they can.

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About the lecturers

Thomas Hartmann is an Associate Partner at IBM Consulting and Co-Head of the IBM Digital Assets team in DACH. He combines 25+ years of experience in payments and transaction banking with 6 years of Blockchain-based transformation work in the financial industry.

LinkedIn profile of Thomas Hartmann

Wolfgang Berger is a partner and CTO for Banking and Financial Markets in D-A-CH. He has been in consulting for 20+ years, with a strong focus on banking. He primarily works on transformation & modernization programs and on innovation topics.

LinkedIn profile of Wolfgang Berger

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