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Twilight of the gods: Google Pay becomes a financial platform
As early as next year, the wallet Google Pay is expected to become a powerful finance app. Paying, saving, managing expenses, sharing bills and managing coupons will all soon be possible with Google Pay, shares Google on the record in the Google Blog with. But that’s not all: next year, Google wants to expand the…
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25 years Otto.de – Amazon’s biggest competitor in Germany
“Otto…find’ ich gut” – the advertising slogan of the Otto Group, whose flagship for many years was the mail-order catalogue, is still one of the best-known advertising slogans today. With its online shop, Otto is rock solidly in second place among the most successful e-commerce retailers in Germany – right behind Amazon. On the occasion…
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The faces of the industry: Aiga Senftleben
May we introduce: Aiga mustard life from Billie. Working in the FinTech sector is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovations as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the…
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What digitization in payment traffic really means
Last week, the virtual conference “The future of payments in Europe“organised by the Deutsche Bundesbank. Various perspectives were presented and discussed on the latest developments in European payments, in particular the European Commission’s Retail Payments Strategy, the European Payments Initiative and the European Payments Council. the possible role of a digital euro in the payment…
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News in November 20 – The most important at the end
Our monthly review in November 2020 There is never a dull moment in the fintech world. Companies are founded, investments are made and new products are brought to market. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. We take care of that and summarize the most important news of the previous month in a compact overview together.…
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Tobias Kugler (Google): “Currently no more exciting industry
Welcome to the Transactions 2020the event at which the most important heads of the Digitization-, Payment– and Banking-industry. This is a series of interviews with this year’s speakers* of the second part of Transactions on 02/25/2011 – Today we will Tobias Kugler I’ll be available for questions and answers. Tobias is Industry Leader at Google responsible for strategic…
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Trade Republic: investing and saving for the whole range of society
These are our candidates for the “FinTech of the Year” : Trade Republic Bank GmbH 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…
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From “Finance on the Internet” to “Internet of Finance”
Like Conquering Embedded Financial Services Europe Anyone who follows the international Fintech news knows that hardly any other topic is being discussed as hotly as the embedded financial services (short: EF). But what is hidden behind it? Who has something of it? And is this actually just an international trend, or will we German payment…
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Qonto hires Torben Rabe from Bird as Country Manager
After the news of the departure a few weeks ago Philipp Pohlmanns surprised, the French Neo-Bank Qonto initially no country manager on the hotly contested German market. The French had only opened their branch in Berlin a good half year ago. Pohlmann wanted to devote himself to his own projects, they said. Now the vacant…
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Transactions 20 Rückblick – Alles bleibt anders
„Mehr Disruption als in 2020 geht eigentlich nicht“, sagt die digitale Vordenkerin Verena Pausder. Dem können wir nur zustimmen. Und auch sonst haben wir sehr viel mitgenommen vom ersten Teil der Transactions 20 am 19. November 2020, mit Sascha Lobo & Dan McCrum – was? Das lest ihr in unseren Highlights. Was für ein Jahr,…
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The faces of the industry: Nils-Hendrik Höcker
May we introduce: Nils-Hendrik Hump from bux. Working in the FinTech sector is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovations as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the brains…
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Look out! I can exploit myself alone
Involving employees in the company is wise for companies. But the supposedly lucky ones should be careful. Especially with start-ups, shares as a wage substitute are a high-risk bet, which are often used to conceal precarious employment relationships. The payment & banking scene is undoubtedly never boring. Not a month goes by without new products,…
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Starke Kundenauthentifizierung–91,5 Milliarden € Umsatz gefährdet
Ein Gastbeitrag von CMSPI Nach einem krisengeprägten Jahr für europäische Einzelhändler steht der 01. Januar 2021 wie ein Damoklesschwert über dem E-Commerce. Laut CMSPI, einer unabhängigen Payment-Beratung, sind bis zu 91,5 Milliarden € Umsatz in Europa gefährdet, 9,1 Milliarden € davon in Deutschland. Ein Mandat, das den Kredit- und Debitkartenbetrug reduzieren soll, kann verheerende Auswirkungen…
