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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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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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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 &…
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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…
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The second round of Transactions 20½ is in the starting blocks
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 and in colour again in February, the second…
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When it comes to fintech, Berlin is no longer a foregone conclusion
First, first! Everybody wants to be. It’s no different for cities ranked as top locations and darlings vying for international VCs. Especially when it comes to fintechs, Berlin is always shouting out loud – of the well over 900 fintechs that currently exist in Germany, a large number of the companies are actually still based…
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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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This is the real reason why PayPal is getting into the business with Bitcoin and Co.
Bitcoin market valuation is once again on everyone’s lips. From October to today, bitcoin has risen from €10,000 to an all-time high of over €30,000 and remains at a very high level at the moment. The planned entry of PayPal into cryptocurrency trading, which PayPal announced on October 21 last year, is cited as the…
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Clubhouse: What the hype means for the industry
Anyone who hasn’t gotten a Clubhouse invite in the last few days is either not socially relevant or doesn’t have an iPhone. At worst, both. No other social network has generated such hype in recent years. To make a long story short: Clubhouse is the hot shit. Invites to Clubhouse are sold on eBay for…
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Modularbank: Growth forecast for German market despite tough competition
It’s been just over a year since Modularbank pitched its tents in Germany as well. Modularbank is a FinTech company from Estonia that was only founded in 2019 and offers a modern and flexible core banking platform. Last fall, the Estonians announced a funding of four million euros: The round was led by Karma Ventures…
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The faces of the industry: Carlotta Laetitia Mondino
May we introduce Carlotta Laetitia Mondino 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…
