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January 21 News Review
FinTech Podcast #304 Contrary to the hopes of many, 2021 starts much like the last one ended. What should we say about January? Oh yes, the American Capitol was stormed by violent Trump supporters, an unprecedented attack on democracy, yet Trump is gone, Biden has moved into the White House as a sworn-in president, Armin…
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The faces of the industry: Katja Hunstock
May we introduce Katja Hunstock of . finleap connect 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…
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Company in the FinTech sector: kompany AG
The industry has become big and has long since grown out of its infancy. There are so many companies shaping the industry but not all are equally well known. Who are the companies that form the glue between finance and digital technologies? In our series “The companies of the FinTech industry” we give companies or…
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Merry Christmas! Christmas with Payment & Banking
What kind of a crazy… – Yeah, I know! Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how green are your leaves! Despite the Covid 19 pandemic, the Christmas season is something traditional and also really nice. The girocard of all celebrations, so to speak. And even at Payment & Banking, Christmas is celebrated in one way…
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Libra becomes Diem and is (almost) ready to launch
In the new episode of Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll, which we want to illustrate today because of the really good topic with us, speak Jonas Gross and Alexander Bechtel with Julien Le Goc, Director of Policy at the Diem Association, formerly known as the Libra Association. Julien speaks candidly about the reasons behind the renaming…
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The faces of the industry: Maren Heiß
May we present: Maren Hot From the DKB. 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 and good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the brains and…
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Solarisbank: Go-to platform in contextual banking
These are our contenders for “FinTech of the Year” : Solarisbank AG The industry has become big and has long since grown out of its infancy. There are so many companies shaping the industry but not all are equally well known. Who are the companies that form the glue between finance and digital technologies? We…
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The female stars of the finance, payment and banking industry
The banking and finance segment, like so many other industries, is a male domain. Women are still a rarity at the top or on the boards of companies. But their number is increasing. And our list of some of the most influential women in finance proves that a woman can make it to the top…
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Payment feature from the Messenger giant: When is WhatsApp Pay coming?
Writing messages, chatting, sending pictures, making phone calls. Functions that most of us use every day via the messenger service “WhatsApp”. It is possible that a new feature for German users will be added in the not too distant future: an integrated payment service. What still runs under “dreams of the future” for us, Indian…
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Explaining the EU’s 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive with kompany
A guest article by kompany As of 3rd, December 2020 the European Union’s Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6) is now in effect for all member states. Stricter than its predecessors, AMLD6 introduces a larger responsibility on regulated entities to fight money laundering. What exactly changes this time around and how will your organisation find itself…
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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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Twint – the mobile payment system of Switzerland
FinTech Podcast #294 Switzerland. Blue sky, high mountains and a German who somehow doesn’t want to be German. Special case. Expensive. Headstrong. Clichés that we Germans like to cultivate towards our southern Alpine neighbours. But as so often happens, the clichés are one thing. They quickly rattle on to the granite hard ground of reality,…
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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,…
