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Introducing 5 new fintechs we don’t know yet
Everything already there, everything already seen? Not true. What else is there to come? A lot! That Germany is still a place of founders, who still come up with something new even in the finance, payment and banking industry, we prove from now on in our loose episodes on new companies in the finance industry.…
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Which GAFA has the most Yahoo potential?
In the last few years, it seems that even the last person to speak… GAFA and certainly knows what is meant by it. In the meantime, every single GAFA company is expected to do almost anything when it comes to expanding its own business fields at the expense of established players. Whether it’s banking and…
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Samsung Pay with backdoor: a storm in a teacup
Although mobile payment in Germany, not least because of the covid 19 pandemicSince the Internet has picked up speed and every consumer can now pay with their smartphone, the obligatory scandal should not be missing, if it were one.These days, negative reports are piling up around Korean tech company Samsung’s relatively new payment method “Samsung…
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Cloud banking and its regulatory requirements
FinTech Podcast #288 The digitisation of services and globalisation have led to significant changes in the methods of data collection, access and use. Especially in the banking industry.This has recently contributed to an increased interest in cloud computing as a means of supporting the digitisation of financial services. This is not just about storing data…
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Nect: A simple and secure identity verification
These are our candidates for the “FinTech of the Year” : Nect Ltd. The industry has grown up and has long outgrown its infancy. There are so many companies that shape the industry but not all of them are equally well known. Who are the companies that are the glue between finance and digital technologies?…
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What has the DSGVO ever done for us?
The DSGVO & mail spam Hip Berlin Fintech people were not even born when the British comedy group Monty Python brought “The Life of Brian” to the cinema. “What has the Roman Empire ever done for us” therein is a biting scene about the perceptions of the new infrastructure of the Roman Empire for their subjugated…
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EU advises on the regulation of cryptovaluations
The planned EU regulation of cryptovaluables such as Bitcoin, Libra and Co. – Background, content and classification of the MiCA regulation Last week, the EU Commission published a proposal for the regulation of crypto assets, the so-called “Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation” (short: MiCA). The proposal is part of a comprehensive “Digital Finance Package“It also contains…
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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 want to generate the highest possible sales. Their core business is sales. However, bad debt losses can have a significant impact on the sales if…
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The German Payment Scheme – is the end of the rag rug approaching?
A good eight years ago, I demanded it once before: Please dear bank, just let me pay. (https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2013/08/22/liebe-bank-bitte-lass-mich-endlich-bezahlen/amp/). Almost a decade later the time has come. The topic has reached politicians, central authorities and experts: The wish to bundle the various initiatives of the German credit industry with payment in order to be able to…