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  • Women as a target group? Not worth it. Yes, it is!

    Women as a target group? Not worth it. Yes, it is!

    Even in our oh-so-innovative fintech industry, as we hunt for untapped markets, products reach only one in five women (and one-third of men). Non-binary people as always invisible in these data collections.

  • Here comes the Grinch! The nagging review of the year 2022

    Here comes the Grinch! The nagging review of the year 2022

    2022 was simply not a good year for the banking and payments world – at least in my opinion. A year in review of the five issues that got me particularly excited and what happened to you. The payment and banking scene is undeniably never boring. Not a month goes by without new products, banks,…

  • Rares (only) for cash?

    Rares (only) for cash?

    The motto “cash is king” seems to be becoming popular again. Especially for “business transactions”, cash can obscure payment flows. Investments in digital payment infrastructures must therefore all the more not be a trivial matter. Bares für Rares is the title of a ZDF flea market show hosted by Horst Lichter. Anyone who accidentally zaps…

  • No “Breaking News” at Banking & Payment!

    No “Breaking News” at Banking & Payment!

    instant messages #20 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment and banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on Twitter(@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech and politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking & co.…

  • Traffic light coalition wants to dare “more progress”. What does that mean?

    Traffic light coalition wants to dare “more progress”. What does that mean?

    instant messages #18 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…

  • Buy now, pay how? German consumers are left behind when it comes to payments

    Buy now, pay how? German consumers are left behind when it comes to payments

    instant messages #17 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…

  • On the track of digitalization!

    On the track of digitalization!

    instant messages #15 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…

  • The VegTech Index: Having a “pig” on the stock market with plant-based products

    The VegTech Index: Having a “pig” on the stock market with plant-based products

    For Franziska Schmid , economy and ecology are not contradictory. On the contrary: in the future, it can only work together! In her monthly column “Let’s think! Green!” she comments on sustainable developments in the banking and payment sector and calls for more will to implement them! What do Beyond Meat and Tesla have in…

  • The Easter (dis)calm in politics and the financial ecosystem

    The Easter (dis)calm in politics and the financial ecosystem

    instant messages #14 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…

  • Green behind the ears

    Green behind the ears

    With the scandal surrounding the Greensill Bank, the German financial centre is sliding into its next misery. Municipalities are particularly affected, and that’s not such a bad thing. Because it is another sign that deposit insurance and Bafin need to be reformed. The payment and banking scene is undeniably never boring. Not a month goes…

  • The German payment champion – remains a dream

    The German payment champion – remains a dream

    instant messages #13 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…

  • Germany, your payment debacle

    Germany, your payment debacle

    German financial institutions first ignored the opportunities in the payment sector, then slept through them, and now they are all in business, except for the local companies. That’s shameful. The payment and banking scene is undeniably never boring. Not a month goes by without new products, banks, fintechs and payment solutions hitting the market. But…

  • Corona and digitalization – what remains of our old habits…

    Corona and digitalization – what remains of our old habits…

    instant messages #12 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…