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Coming together for mental health – around the world 🌐 For World Mental Health Day, our colleagues hosted over 80 events across Deutsche Bank, driven by a global network of around 800 Mental Health First Aiders and our Well-being teams. 🐾 💬 From therapy dog visits, expert talks and personal stories to mindfulness breaks, yoga & breathwork, lunchtime walks and runs and creative sessions like meditative painting – each event offered practical tools to support everyday well-being. Thank you to everyone who created space for conversations, shared resources, and supported colleagues. Our commitment continues – because it’s okay not to be okay. 🤍

From local exhibitions in Mumbai to international art fairs in Dubai and London, Krishna is making her mark as a contemporary artist. At the same time, she’s growing her career in Global Procurement at Deutsche Bank. 🎨🌟 Both pursuits share a common thread: people. Whether through fine art or business strategy, she draws on empathy, connection and collaboration to create work that resonates. Your career can grow alongside your passions too. Explore opportunities with Deutsche Bank: http://deu.ba/6046AnSYO

🎉 Congratulations to our colleagues Alison Harding-Jones and Vathany Vijayaratna on being named in Financial News’ Top 100 Women in Finance for 2025! The UK publication’s list recognises highly influential women in the industry, considering their leadership and their support for the next generation of female talent over the past 12 months. Alison, our Global Head of Origination & Advisory and Co-Head of the Investment Bank, has more than three decades’ experience in financial services and is a leading figure in investment banking. Vathany, CEO of Deutsche Bank in the UK & Ireland, has been with the company for over 20 years and has been at the helm of our UK&I business since November 2023. Well done to all the influential women on this year’s list! 🙌

When people feel safe to speak up without fear of judgement, they’re more likely to share how they’re doing, ask for help and support one another. Today is World Mental Health Day, but psychological safety isn’t a topic for just one day. It’s a joint effort by leaders and colleagues every day. 👥 Across our regions, over 800 trained Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs) are ready to listen without judgement and direct colleagues to support – confidentially and with empathy. As trusted peers, they help make conversations about mental health more open, reduce stigma and connect people with the right resources. 🎥 Meet some of our MHFAs and hear how each of us can contribute by checking in with a colleague, making space for honest conversations and bringing empathy in the moments that matter. It's okay to not be okay.

📣 We’re proud to announce our partnership with Bullish Exchange, one of the fastest-growing and regulated digital asset exchanges. This collaboration marks an important step towards deeper integration of traditional financial services within the digital asset industry. Through this partnership, Deutsche Bank will provide seamless facilitation of fiat deposit and withdrawal services for Bullish’s Hong Kong SFC and German BaFin-regulated businesses. The setup includes: 🔹Multi-currency account structure 🔹Instant payments 🔹API-based real-time reporting 🔹Virtual accounting solutions for improved reconciliation 🗨️ Kilian Thalhammer, Head of Merchant Solutions: ”We actively seek partnerships with organisations that share our commitment to security, transparency and innovation. Our collaboration with Bullish, a globally recognised leader in regulated virtual asset services, reflects our ambition to act as a Global Hausbank for the emerging digital economy.” This move underscores our growing role in supporting regulated crypto digital asset platforms worldwide. Congratulations to all involved!🤝 Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank

🏆 We’re proud to be named the Technical Challenge winner of the Swift Hackathon 2025! With over 100 teams competing globally, this year’s Hackathon focused on solving key challenges in digital payments. Our winning solution, the "Digital/Fiat Currencies Interlink Bridge," uses ISO 20022 to enable seamless cross-border transfers between CBDCs, digital currencies and fiat. By enriching ISO 20022 messages with blockchain-native data, we’re helping drive interoperability, compliance and real-time transparency in payments. This win shows that Deutsche Bank is delivering modern, scalable solutions – right alongside the world’s leading fintechs. 🤝 Thank you to Swift and Sibos for the opportunity to innovate together – and for giving us the unique chance to present our solution live on the Innotribe stage to industry leaders at Sibos Frankfurt. Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank

How smart are you working? Modern lives are busy – inside and outside of work. But prioritising health and well-being is not just a personal choice: it’s a vital component of professional success. Our focus this month is on Lifestyle as part of our Smart and Healthy Ways of Working initiative. Whether it’s healthier eating 🍎, getting enough sleep 😴 or taking the time to detach from your daily to-do list 🐕🏃♂️🧘 - there’s a myriad of ways to help look after ourselves. What’s your top tip for maintaining a healthy lifestyle? #Wellbeing #WithDeepDedication #WorkSmarter

Our latest edition of Top of Deutsche Bank is out! 📬   Another month full of important milestones and forward-looking initiatives lies behind us. We're proud to share some of the highlights that demonstrate our commitment to our clients, our strategy and a sustainable future.   We completed our €750 million share repurchase programme and launched a new €250 million buyback. After seven years, we’re proud to rejoin the EURO STOXX 50 index. Our teams are shaping the future – financing Thailand’s first software-defined satellite, advising on Germany’s energy transition and driving net-zero goals. We also renewed our partnership with the Berliner Philharmoniker and explored Europe’s capital markets in our latest podcast. Exciting times ahead!   Want to know more? There’s a lot to discover in this issue. 👇

Innovation in action: Bank on Tech 2025 in Frankfurt and Berlin! 🚀 From Asia to New York to Cary – and now Germany: Today, our Technology, Data & Innovation (TDI) teams brought the global "Bank on Tech" series back to our Frankfurt headquarters and our Berlin offices, turning the spotlight on how we enable client success through technology. What made the day special? ✔ 20+ interactive showcases on how our teams are leveraging AI, cloud, and other technologies to drive the bank’s digital transformation and enable client success ✔ Opening keynote from Bernd Leukert, Chief Technology, Data and Innovation Officer, and Christian Rhino, CIO Private Bank ✔ Insights from the bank’s technology partners ✔ Hands-on experiences – from an F1 simulator and Esports challenges to creative AI demos Since its launch in 2016, Bank on Tech has grown into a flagship event for our TDI community – a place to share ideas, explore new technologies, and collaborate on shaping the future of banking. 🧑💻 From AI-driven solutions to finance modernization, the event reflected the breadth of our technology strategy and the passion of our teams to drive transformation.

We were thrilled to welcome Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Siemens, for a conversation with our CEO Christian Sewing. 🤝 💡 Jim joined us for what was the third in series of “fireside chats” and shared his powerful perspective on transformation, leadership, and the future of Europe with our CEO and Deutsche Bank colleagues. He emphasised that the best time to reinvent yourself is when things are going well, not when crisis hits. AI, he said, could help us solve major global challenges – if we dare to imagine beyond current limits. Jim also spoke about Europe’s potential, highlighting that speed now beats size. With bold ideas and fast action, this could be Europe’s moment. He reminded us that purpose acts as a compass in uncertain times, helping leaders navigate complexity. We’re proud to have Jim on our Global Advisory Board and grateful for his insights. Watch the video below for highlights from the conversation 👇