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The faces of the industry: Laura Wirtz
May we introduce: Laura Wirtz from ING-DiBa 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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Fintech Revolution Decentralized Finance? Bitkom under discussion
Sometimes it takes time for innovations (not only among nerds!) to gain momentum and advance topics. This could also soon be the case with Decentralized Financing (DeDi for short). Exactly five years ago yesterday – Happy Birthday! – a new crypto currency saw the light of day with Etherum. The goal of the team around…
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Consolidation in the banking sector by Covid-19
A video interview with Max Flötotto (Mckinsey & Company) at the Banking Exchange 2020 For the first time in the event history of Payment & Banking, the Banking Exchange, which was otherwise designed as an “invite only” event, took place in a stream accessible to all. Our goal was to live what other events only…
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“Many people are unaware of the benefits of crypto-currency”
The crypto currency is undoubtedly the biggest phenomenon that has hit the financial sector since the Internet. It is not simply a new type of investment, but a completely new asset class. The last time the world has seen an entirely new asset class was over 300 years ago, when the Bank of England issued…
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“We make the digital fingerprint irrecognizable”
The name David Chaum might not mean much to the ordinary mortal, but Blockchain followers know exactly who is being meant. Chaum is a mastermind and one of the prime fathers of technology. Under the title “Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups” he wrote his dissertation in 1982. With E-Cash he…
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Tomorrow brings new current account
Tomorrow offsets its CO2 footprint with new “Zero” current account A few days ago, the mobile banking provider Tomorrow introduced the first current account that offsets the CO2 footprint of users* and thus breaks new ground in climate protection. This is a novelty in the field of sustainable banks and current accounts. They call it…
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“Crypto currencies have come to stay”
Interview with Oliver Flaskämper, founder of bitcoin.de Hand on your heart: How many sleepless nights have you had during recent months? I didn´t find the last few months so disturbing. There was a downward movement, true, but price fluctuations will accompany us for a little while longer. That is the normal madness. What is decisive…
