Growth across bordersWhy the next market plays by different rules
Which parts of a growth strategy can be carried over to a new market, and which have to be built locally?
Alper Kagan Yildirim
Speaker for banking, payments and fintech · Munich
The next market plays by different rules.
Talks and workshops on growth, international expansion and value creation in banking, payments and fintech.
Your audience leaves with a clear framework. It helps them test the next market, the next product and the next growth bet with a cool head.
On stage so far
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- EDHEC Business School
- Frankfurt School
Point of view
Ideas that stay in the room
No platitudes. Each idea is a starting point for discussion on your stage.
The next market plays by different rules.
Some growth levers scale across borders. Customer access, sales and the product offer are decided locally.
Go-to-market is strategy, not a sales plan.
The first growth decision is the choice of core customer, sales model and entry offer.
Your most valuable new customer is already a customer.
Customer count is a weak growth metric. Main bank relationship and usage say more.
Fast and profitable is no contradiction.
Efficiency is not the opposite of growth. It is what pays for it.
Talks
Topics for your stage
Each topic can be tailored to the occasion, the audience and the time available. All topics in detail
From secondary account to main bankHow digital banks win a larger share of their customers’ financial lives
How often does an account at a digital bank become a main banking relationship, and what decides it?
From market analysis to growth decisionComparing market opportunities without false precision
For university and finance initiatives, young professionals and founder initiatives. As a workshop or impulse talk.
Growth with revenue qualityPrioritising new customers, usage and monetisation
For commercial teams at fintechs, founders, and alumni and finance clubs. As an impulse talk or article.
For organisers
Why Alper on your stage
Practice, not slideware
Since 2023 I have advised banks and fintechs, among other things on go-to-market, product portfolios and the launch of new products.
A tool to take home
No buzzword fireworks. Your audience gets a lean framework to compare markets and growth options on their own.
Fits your slot
A 10 minute impulse, a 30 minute core talk with discussion, a workshop or a panel. Depth and examples follow your audience.
English or German
Talks in English or German, for expert audiences as well as students and young professionals.
In numbers
- advising banks and fintechs
- since 2023
- stage languages, English and German
- 2
- minutes as impulse or core talk
- 10 or 30
- universities, FAU, NTU and EDHEC
- 3
Stage
On stage
Speeches and talks at universities. The next stage could be yours.
Speech as cohort representative
Short speech as elected cohort representative at the EDHEC Business School graduation ceremony, October 2026.
Guest speaker at the faculty's centenary
Selected by the FAU faculty leadership as student representative.
Talk at Frankfurt School
Talk on the practical use of AI.
About
I work as a strategy consultant in Munich. Before that, I spent about three years at a management consultancy in Frankfurt am Main and founded my own B2B agency. I studied at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, National Taiwan University and EDHEC Business School.
For organisers and editors
Key facts, bios in three lengths, a press photo and a PDF speaker profile.
Bring growth to your stage.
Send me the occasion, audience and date. You get a quick, honest view of which topic fits.