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Germany as an attractive market: More and more foreign companies court for customers
More and more foreign Fintechs, challenger banks and providers for SMEs are active in Germany or are announcing their imminent launch. This was to be expected, because in their home…
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paydirekt and giropay merger-Girodirektkwittpaycard 2.0 – the new normal?
Thought about #dk – what is the situation and development? Banks are talking about merging paydirekt and giropay Just over a week ago, some news appeared in the press, in…
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Digital currencies: Europe threatens to lose its access
Bitkom publishes information paper “Digital Euro on the Blockchain“ Not only practically all central banks worldwide are discussing the topic of digital central bank money, but also commercial banks, technology-…
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What is… finstreet actually doing?
As the Payment & Banking team we try to keep a continuous overview of the industry and report on small and large Fintechs and InsurTechs, on established banks as well…
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The Federal Court of Justice-defeat of the German Banking Associations on Open Banking
We have been following the major topic of Open Banking in our blog in various podcasts and articles long before PSD2 came into force. We are also continuously dealing with…
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“Many people are unaware of the benefits of crypto-currency”
The crypto currency is undoubtedly the biggest phenomenon that has hit the financial sector since the Internet. It is not simply a new type of investment, but a completely new…
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Trade Republic – trade with three clicks – and what do you do?
Our “FinTech of the Year 2019” – Trade Republic has announced a new impressive funding round with Accel and Founders Fund! Congratulations to Berlin. In podcast 203, the colleagues gave…
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Head to head – race: After Revolut, Klarna is again the most valuable Fintech
Well, who now? Just last week, Revolut was named the most valuable Fintech in Europe, with a funding of 500 million dollars and a valuation of around 5.5 billion dollars.…
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More sales through smart risk management: 5 steps for retailers
One in five German online shoppers has already been the victim of fraudsters. This is revealed by a Bitkom-survey which results were published in January. Fraud vs. sales: Online retailers…
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Financial regulators are watching crypto custodians
Since January 1, companies that hold Bitcoin & Co. are considered financial service providers and must apply for a license. Bitkom sees this as an opportunity for the breakthrough of…
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Issuing as a new component of acquiring in payment
With SUMUP, another payment acceptance provider is entering the business of issuing cards. What does this mean? Following the merger of network operations/payment service providers and acquiring in recent years,…