Frankfurt-based innovation ecosystem TechQuartier welcomes INNOPAY as partner

16 December 2025 Consultancy.eu

TechQuartier, a digital innovation ecosystem in Frankfurt, has welcomed INNOPAY as its newest partner.

Based in the heart of Frankfurt’s business district, TechQuartier brings together more than 650 startups together with more than 30 corporate partners including investors, universities and political institutions to build an ecosystem for collaborative digital innovation. Every year, TechQuartier co-creates and hosts more than 100 events and startup programs per year.

Well-known corporate partners of TechQuartier include ING, EintrachtTech, Helaba, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Visa, Swift, Commerzbank, as well as EY and KPMG – with INNOPAY (an Oliver Wyman business) becoming the third consulting firm to join the ranks.

A longstanding member of the TechQuartier community, INNOPAY now steps up to strategic partner level, strengthening the community with deep expertise in payments, open finance, digital identity, and data sharing. The firm is a recognised leader in these fields across its two key markets, Germany and the Netherlands.

“We are thrilled to deepen our engagement with the broader FinTech community in Frankfurt through this partnership. Our goal is to actively foster meaningful dialogue between established industry leaders and emerging innovators within the financial ecosystem,” said Mounaim Cortet, Vice President at Innopay.

From its offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Amsterdam, INNOPAY supports a wide range of financial institutions operating across the payments value chain, including banks, acquirers, processors, schemes, merchants, and regulators. Its work spans product strategy and development, scheme development, technology innovation, and regulatory compliance support, offering end-to-end project execution support to its clients.

“We look forward to supporting the TechQuartier community navigating through strategic topics like stablecoins, embedded finance, agentic AI, the Financial Data access (FiDA) regulation and others, contributing to the shaping of the future of financial services,” said Cortet.

Welcoming the firm to its group of key partners, Alice Rettig, Managing Director of TechQuartier, said: “We are happy to welcome INNOPAY. This partnership reflects true community momentum: INNOPAY emerged from our network, understands our strengths, and now returns as a strategic partner to jointly drive new projects, events, and collaboration formats. Their addition opens valuable new opportunities in payment innovation for our more than 700 members.”