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“It’s a highly relevant event in the FinTech sector”
Welcome to the Transactions 2020 – the event at which the most important heads of the Digitization-, Payment– and Banking-industry. This is a series of interviews with this year’s Transactions 2020 speakers – Today, Mark Krymalowski will answer our questions. Mark a Leadership Advisor in Egon Zehnder’s Berlin office. In the industry, it has long been no secret that…
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Is Google eating away at the financial industry?
More and more “customer journeys” are starting to use Google search. This supposedly profane statement can have astonishing consequences, even for the classic financial world. An analysis of mutual dependencies, the striving for uniqueness and the insight that the digital platform economy is increasingly becoming a psychological rollercoaster ride for all market participants – from…
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Just let me cancel my card!
Everything used to be better! Yes, really! In former times you had a wallet filled with banknotes, many heavy coins and only a few payment cards. The wallet was so heavy and thick that it bulged out of your pocket. Other people used to have a big bulky wallet as an alternative to a purse.…
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News show – these were the most important personal data in September
The personnel carousel continues to turn – also in September there were plenty of personnel reports, which we summarize here for you. Yeah, what happened there? Things never get boring in the Fintech world, but the past month was not only marked by many fundings, expansion plans, acquisitions and takeovers, but also by a conspicuously…
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EU advises on the regulation of cryptovaluations
The planned EU regulation of cryptovaluables such as Bitcoin, Libra and Co. – Background, content and classification of the MiCA regulation Last week, the EU Commission published a proposal for the regulation of crypto assets, the so-called “Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation” (short: MiCA). The proposal is part of a comprehensive “Digital Finance Package“It also contains…
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News review in September 20 – The most important facts at the end
Our monthly review in September 2020 In the Fintech world it never gets boring. New companies are founded, investments are made and new products are brought to the market. It is sometimes difficult to keep track of things. We take care of that and summarize the most important news of the past month in a compact overview.…
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The faces of the industry: Stefan Krautkrämer
May we introduce: Stefan Krautkrämer from FinTecSystems 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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Payment and mobility
A guest contribution from Inga Glotzbach and Steffen Blümm from adorsys Mobile computing and the high availability of the Internet are changing our expectations when consuming and paying for products and services. The ability to access information and make purchases from anywhere allows us to manage our time more flexibly. The Corona crisis in recent…
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“Bekannte Hochkaräter und neue Gesichter”
Willkommen zur Transactions 2020, dem Event, auf dem die wichtigsten Köpfe der Digitalisierungs-, Payment– und Banking-Branche zusammentreffen. Dies ist eine Interviewreihe mit den diesjährigen Sprecher*innen der Transactions 2020 – Heute wird uns Sophia Fisher Rede und Antwort stehen. Sophia ist Public Affairs Managerin bei der Deutsche Kreditbank AG. In der Branche ist es schon lange kein Geheimnis mehr: Die…
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Suchtgefahr Trading-Apps – helfen Warnhinweise?
Broker auf dem Smartphone führen zu schnellen Entscheidungen und machen uns dank spielerischer Elemente womöglich süchtig. Warnhinweise wären eine gute Idee. Die Payment and Banking-Szene ist unzweifelhaft niemals langweilig. Kein Monat vergeht, ohne dass neue Produkte, Banken, Fintechs und Payment-Lösungen auf den Markt kommen. Aber wer braucht das eigentlich alles und muss man das alles…
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Kontist – tax return cleverly thought out!
FinTech Podcast #283 Just the word tax return alone triggers thoughts of flight, nausea and aversion. Especially for the self-employed, sorting and sorting, recalculating and transferring amounts to the tax office is often not only an annoying evil, but also time-consuming and simply unwelcome paperwork. So far, Kontist has made a name for itself primarily…
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From Internet giant to outsider: 25 years of eBay
A quarter of a century ago eBay was launched. As an e-commerce pioneer, the U.S. company revolutionized Internet trading and developed into one of the most valuable, leading online trading companies in the 00s. The stock market reacted euphorically, profits increased and the boom lasted for a long time. In 2020 the situation for eBay…
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Zukunft im Payment: Bitcoin als Währung des Internets
Am großen Payment-Markt nehmen Kryptowährungen bislang noch einen vermeintlich kleinen Anteil ein, welcher sich im Wesentlichen auf den Online-Bereich beschränkt. Mit Bitcoin befindet sich jedoch bereits eine internationale Währung auf dem Vormarsch, um als blockchainbasierten Kryptowährung den Point-of-Sale im Einzelhandel sowie im E-Commerce zu erobern. Als Zahlungsmittel erfunden, war es lange Zeit die Blockchain selbst,…
