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Bitcoin is not a means of payment
#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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Transactions 20½ – Thank you TSYS
One of our sponsors this year – TSYS The Corona pandemic still has us all in its grip and the infection figures are not yet falling to the extent that we can give the all-clear. This also means something for us and our event planning. Contrary to all our hopes to see each other live…
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The faces of the industry: Minou Ghaffari
May we introduce Minou Ghaffari of PAIR Finance. 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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Transactions 20 – Thank you, Fiducia & GAD IT
One of our sponsors this year – Fiducia & GAD IT The Corona pandemic still has us all in its grip and the infection figures are not yet falling to the extent that we can give the all-clear. This also means something for us and our event planning. Contrary to all our hopes to see…
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Transactions 20½ – Thank you paydirekt
One of our sponsors this year – paydirekt The Corona pandemic still has us all in its grip and the infection figures are not yet falling to the extent that we can give the all-clear. This also means something for us and our event planning. Contrary to all our hopes to see each other live…
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Transactions 20½ – We hold the flag high
For 10 years, we at Payment & Banking have been reporting and commenting on developments in the industry. With paymentandbanking.com, the small link list became a large portal with daily articles, podcasts, infographics and the daily newsletter. What’s more, three times a year we host Payment Exchange, Banking Exchange and Transactions, perhaps the most important…
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The digital yuan: China leads the way in CBDC
#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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What do bitcoin, blockchain and innovation have in common?
Alex von Frankenberg and André Bajorat in conversation at Bitcoin, Fiat, Rock’n’Roll What happens when a long-time VC investor and a banker with a FinTech background sit down for an hour and talk about Bitcoin, blockchain and innovation? You’ll find out in the latest podcast episode of Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing…
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Bitcoin is a bubble, so what?
#5minF – 5-Minutes-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 tries to explain a Bitcoin & Crypto community question in a bit more detail in 5 minutes and briefly and crisply address the desired topic. With…
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Faces of the industry: Richard Dratva
May we introduce Richard Dratva of CREALOGIX. 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 brains…
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What’s up, BBVA?
Holvi founder buys back his own FinTech One of the founders is buying back Finnish business banking fintech Holvi, which reportedly has 90,000 customers in this country, from major Spanish bank BBVA. That’s according to an email customers received last week. Literally, it states:“We have exciting news about our company that we’d like to share…
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Social-ecological bank vs. classic bank – How “green banks” tick
They call themselves green bank, Ökobank or Ethikbank and invest in socially and ecologically sustainable projects: Credit institutions such as GLS Bank, EthikBank eG, Openbank; Tomorrow and Evangelische Bank. In this post, we’re going to take a closer look at how green banks work, what sets them apart from “traditional” financial institutions, and what industries…
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The digital euro – on the way to tokenized money
Digital vs digitized money In a four-part podcast series, Alexander Bechtel and Manuel Klein show how the euro can be “digitised”, what different forms the digital euro can take and what hurdles have to be overcome to make the digital euro a reality. Terms such as cryptocurrencies, CBDC, stablecoins as well as tokenized fiat money…
