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This is the real reason why PayPal is getting into the business with Bitcoin and Co.
Bitcoin market valuation is once again on everyone’s lips. From October to today, bitcoin has risen from €10,000 to an all-time high of over €30,000 and remains at a very high level at the moment. The planned entry of PayPal into cryptocurrency trading, which PayPal announced on October 21 last year, is cited as the…
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Poynt exit – app store concepts on POS payment terminals failed?
US web/domain hosting provider godaddy has announced the acquisition of of Silicon Valley payment startup Poynt announced for $365 million. The innovator of the smart POS concept with app stores on POS payment terminals is going to become a purely online provider comparatively cheaply, both by Silicon Valley standards and in the context of high…
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PayPal: Who has overtaken the payment service?
PayPal has taught many companies to fear this. In the infographics “Who was a victim of PayPal“we have summarized the companies that had to make way for the payment service in Germany or that were just stumbling through the company. However, there are always two sides of the same coin and that you cannot be…
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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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Info graphic: Who fell victim to PayPal?
Als PayPal im Frühjahr 2004 in Deutschland an den Start ging hatte die deutsche Kreditwirtschaft noch keine Ahnung davon wie groß und mächtig der Bezahlfreund PayPal mal werden würde. Und wie viele es nicht geschafft haben, es PayPal gleich zu tun.
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And now Bank – The rearguard to the bank
On our own behalf: In recent months it has become clear that some of our Payment & Banking members are moving to Deutsche Bank in their main job. As a result, the protagonists are writing individual statements. After the vanguard Andre and Rafael yesterday now the rearguard today Jochen Siegert “Of all people, the bank…
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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 the topic in interviews. Now a large further chapter has been closed for the time being with a BGH defeat of the German banking associations…
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Die BGH-Niederlage der deutschen Bankenverbände zum Open Banking
Wir begleiten den großen Themenkomplex Open Banking bei uns im Blog in verschiedenen Podcasts und Artikeln schon lange bevor die PSD2 in Kraft getreten ist. Auch in Interviews beschäftigen wir uns kontinuierlich mit dem Thema. Nun ist mit einer BGH-Niederlage der deutschen Bankenverbände gegen das Kartellamt ein großes weiteres Kapitel vorerst beendet worden.Eine Auseinandersetzung, die…
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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, we are currently seeing more and more indications of a further, completely new fusion of value creation in payment. Issuing, i.e. the issuing of cards,…
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Companies and digital transformation: Acqui Hire in times of change
6 Key Learnings from Dotcom Companies in Dealing with Digital Changes (5/6) Introduction Keyword digitization. A never-ending challenge. A complex topic, especially for companies that conduct their business mainly in and around the Internet. If they also offer services, it becomes particularly complicated. At the beginning of the millennium, the technology industry was in a…
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Launch event of Apple Pay in Germany
Apple Pay is finally here; apparently very satisfied first banking partners; Apple expands NFC ecosystem; first promising customer reactions So now it´s time. Six iPhone generations (6, 6s, SE, 7, 8, X-series) were introduced in the meantime, until it came to the announced Apple Pay Launch in Germany. Germany comes into game very late: 26…
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Digitalisation: Lessons to learn from the big dotcom-players
Introduction Key digitization. A challenge that does not want to end. A complex topic, especially for companies that do their business mainly that do their business mainly in and around the internet. If they also offer services, it becomes particularly complicated. At the beginning of the millennium, the technology industry was in a veritable gold-rush…
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6 Key Learnings from Dotcom Companies in dealing with digital change
Introduction Key digitization. A challenge that does not want to end. A complex topic, especially for companies that do their business mainly that do their business mainly in and around the internet. If they also offer services, it becomes particularly complicated. At the beginning of the millennium, the technology industry was in a veritable gold-rush…
