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The faces of the industry: Kim Felix Fomm
May we introduce: Kim Felix Fomm of Raisin Working in the FinTech industry is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovation as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the…
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The Wirecard Case and the Committee of Inquiry: An Interview with Florian Toncar
FinTech Podcast #311 In the Bundestag, a committee of inquiry is trying to clear up what is probably the biggest case of fraud in post-war history. It’s about losses in the billions, massive damages for investors and the unprecedented crash of a stock market star. The interim assessment of several parliamentary groups, which last met…
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Digital central bank money and cash abolition
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Female Future of Payment & Banking: The #IWD 2021 Talk Roundtable
Female leaders want to make a difference The number of women in the top echelons of the financial industry is on the rise. But there is still no real equality of opportunity. How can female leaders help to better target women, even when it comes to products? On International Women’s Day, we discussed the future…
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The faces of the industry: Nazli Visne
May we introduce: Nazli Visne from IG Europe Working in the FinTech industry is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovation as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the…
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The (female) future of the financial industry
The number of women in the top echelons of the financial industry is on the rise. But there is still no real equality of opportunity. How can female leaders help to better target women? On International Women’s Day, we will be discussing the future of the finance industry from the perspective of female executives in…
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Episode 5: Strong women – strong voices
These are the female faces of the industry Every Wednesday, in our popular “Faces of the Industry” series, individuals from the payments and banking industry answer our standardized questionnaire of ten questions each. Over the years, a large number of interesting answers have come together. This series also features many great women in the industry…
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kompany – The principle of the data platform for KYC/KYB data
FinTech Podcast #309 Ever heard of kompany? The Vienna-based company is the leading RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC (KYB), delivering real-time, audit-proof and legally binding business information and documents directly from the registers themselves. Her clients include international and regional banking groups, FinTechs, Big Four accounting firms, law firms, BaaS and…
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The Transactions 20½ – Welcome to the jungle
Our highlights of the second part of the Transactions Frankfurt, the financial centre of Germany, became the venue for the second part of Transactions 20½ – and “live again, digital again”, because unfortunately there was still no real meeting possible three months after part 1 . And even if online formats naturally offer numerous new…
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Why digital currencies? Isn’t money already digital?
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Faces of the industry: Juliane Schmitz-Engels
May we introduce: Juliane Schmitz-Engels, Head of Communications at Mastercard… Working in the FinTech industry is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovation as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are…
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Bankers in the home office – How German banks are dealing with the new rules
The topic of “mobile working” is on everyone’s lips. And not just since the federal government recently passed new rules on working from home. In times of Corona and ever new mutations, the following applies: Employers should, where possible, offer their employees appropriate home working solutions. How is the German banking industry dealing with this?…
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BigTech goes Digital Currencies – now Amazon too?
The Bitcoin, Fiat and Rock’n’Roll News This week, Alexander, Jonas, and Michael rank the relevant developments in the CBDC and crypto scene in a new news episode: Lagarde forges ahead on the digital euro. The Chinese CBDC project DC/EP is progressing inexorably. The bitcoin price is going through the roof and is already correcting again.…