Yapı Kredi Hosts FRWRD Innovation Week
Yapı Kredi (IS:YKBNK), which supports the entrepreneurship ecosystem, organized the FRWRD Innovation Week from December 2 to 6, aimed at contributing to the development of innovation ecosystems and culture within the bank, featuring a variety of events.
In this context, various online seminars, meetings, and workshops were held for the bank's employees, covering topics such as innovation and future trends, data, next-generation user experience, image processing, and artificial intelligence, with the participation of various experts. Additionally, a special meeting titled "Yapı Kredi FRWRD Innovation Week GKP Innovation Leaders Gathering" was held in collaboration with the Entrepreneurial Institutions Platform (GKP) to meet with ecosystem partners. During this gathering, which brought together important institutions from the ecosystem, Yapı Kredi's approach to innovation, the contributions provided to the entrepreneurship ecosystem through FRWRD programs, and the advantages offered to entrepreneurs by the FRWRD Global program held in Portugal this year were discussed. Participants at the event hosted at the JUSTWork Office Campus included founders of ventures selected for the FRWRD Global'24 Portugal program and companies that are members of the Entrepreneurial Institutions Platform. At the end of the event, entrepreneurs also had the opportunity to network with member companies of the Entrepreneurial Institutions Platform.
As one of the pioneers of limitless banking, Yapı Kredi's Deputy General Manager Yakup Doğan stated, “This year, as part of the FRWRD Innovation Week, we organized numerous training sessions, seminars, and events where we brought our employees together with experts on various topics. Under the FRWRD umbrella, we continue our journey with the vision of building the future of banking from today by updating ourselves every year to create a strong synergy between our bank and ventures. Our FRWRD programs are a significant step towards contributing to the innovation ecosystem of our country and supporting the culture of entrepreneurship. FRWRD not only provides a platform for entrepreneurs who want to develop innovative solutions but also reinforces their contributions to the transformation of the business world. Moreover, we believe that being able to expand into new markets is undoubtedly one of the most critical elements contributing to the development of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship in our country. In this regard, we connected ventures producing solutions that facilitate life with artificial intelligence for eight days in Portugal in our second annual Yapı Kredi FRWRD Global program. During our event organized in collaboration with GKP as part of Innovation Week, we came together with the participants of the FRWRD Global Portugal program and GKP members, engaging in valuable exchanges of ideas. As Yapı Kredi, we see it as our duty to spread the culture of entrepreneurship both within and outside the institution, support entrepreneurs, and share in their success stories. With FRWRD, we will continue to strongly support the entrepreneurship ecosystem and stay one step ahead in the coming periods.”