[Bank FinTech Dialogues] Bridging innovation and compliance: Cecabank and Aptus.AI

From structured dialogue to concrete cooperation

On Thursday 15 January 2026, ABBL hosted its Bank CEOs and FinTechs Speed Meeting at Banque Raiffeisen, bringing together around 100 decision makers from Luxembourg’s financial ecosystem. Designed to foster pragmatic, business oriented exchanges, the event combined short one to one meetings with testimonials and networking opportunities, creating the conditions for focused and efficient discussions.

For an overview of the event and key moments from the evening, including the aftermovie, read: Connecting banks and FinTechs: highlights from the ABBL speed meeting 2026

Discovering new partners through focused exchanges

In this second episode of Bank FinTech Dialogues, Brenda Bol, Country Head Luxembourg at Cecabank, highlights the value of the speed meeting format in enabling banks to meet a wide range of FinTech firms in a short timeframe.

For Cecabank, the event provided an opportunity to discover new players and better understand emerging solutions that could support depositary banking activities. Even within eight minute conversations, she notes, exchanges were sufficient to gain a meaningful overview of technologies and assess potential areas of cooperation. 

Concrete follow ups have already been scheduled, illustrating how quickly structured discussions can lead to next steps.

Compliance as a key use case for innovation

From the FinTech perspective, Andrea Tesei, CEO and Co Founder of Aptus.AI, reflects on the growing importance of bridging the gap between innovation and decision making processes within large financial institutions.

He points to a recurring concern shared by many executives during the evening: the increasing complexity of regulations and the rising cost of compliance monitoring activities, often still dependent on manual processes.

Aptus.AI’s approach aims to empower internal control functions and help banks recognise regulatory impacts more efficiently, supporting faster and safer operations.

Turning momentum into action

Both perspectives converge on a key takeaway. Structured dialogue is only valuable if it leads to concrete follow up. The ABBL Speed Meeting continues to play a key role in accelerating this transition, by enabling banks and FinTechs to quickly identify potential fits and move towards implementation.

What comes next

This interview video is the second of three published as part of Bank FinTech Dialogues. Each video features two participants from the event, offering complementary perspectives from banks and FinTechs. Further interviews with bank executives and FinTech leaders will be published in the coming weeks.