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One year of PSD2 – Is there something to celebrate?
Happy birthday, PSD2, now you are celebrating your first birthday and you have become law. Over the years, many people have discussed and argued about what exactly you should become and how you can be implemented. For the German market, PSD2 contains few innovations in terms of content, as we have a long lived Open…
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Die Gesichter der Branche: Dirk Oliver Haller
Dürfen wir vorstellen: Dirk Oliver Haller von der Deutschen Finetrading AG Das Arbeiten in der FinTech Branche gleicht einem Kommen und Gehen, setzt ein hohes Maß an Professionalität in einem durchaus lockeren Arbeitsumfeld voraus und ist vor allem geprägt von Innovationen sowie guten, klugen und zukunftsorientierten Ideen, so der weit verbreitete Konsens. Doch wer sind…
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Strong women – strong voices!
These are the female faces of the industry Every Wednesday in our popular series “Faces of the Industry”, people from the payment and banking industry answer our standardized questionnaire with 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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Return of da Sparkasse
NoteThe following article is not an advertorial or sponsored post. No one was blackmailed and the text was written voluntarily without the influence of alcohol or other mind-expanding drugs. Nor is it a glossary or satirical pamphlet. Yes, it is serious: the big retail banks are not dead, and whether banks really die so quickly…
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Share of sustainable investments growing – but not fast enough
For Franziska Schmid economy and ecology are no contradiction. 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 willingness to implement them! Europe should be climate-neutral by 2050 Various political instruments…
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Ask me anything #20 – with Frank Schwab from FinTech Forum
Ask me anything you want… Sure, I’d love to, but what can you do if you don’t always have the opportunity to do it vis-à-vis? “Ask me anything” or “AMA” is a popular format of digital platforms. A person or a topic is the focus of an expert chat. Whether it’s questions about expert knowledge…
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Banking in times of Corona
Between online banking and branch death The year 2020 is marked by the corona crisis, which is changing our everyday life and leaving its mark. Many banks were forced to temporarily close branches because of the corona pandemic. Now a considerable number will not even reopen – at the same time, online banking is experiencing…
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Cash in Corona times – the social significance
At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, society was concerned that the coronavirus could be transmitted by cash. The WHO reacted immediately and put this statement into perspective. The likelihood of transmission through banknotes is very low compared to other surfaces frequently touched in retail outlets, such as PIN pads. Nevertheless, especially in the…
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Just do it! – With these tips ‘Personal Branding’ succeeds
Social media and personal branding are not only current buzzwords in the industry, but are also inseparably linked. Reason enough for us to launch a new episode of our #5pmClub in a familiar and relaxed atmosphere. For all those who missed the talk: Here you can watch it in full length: were guests: Miriam Wohlfarthfounder…
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Die Gesichter der Branche: Pavlina Popova
Dürfen wir vorstellen: Pavlina Popova von Barzahlen/viacash Das Arbeiten in der FinTech Branche gleicht einem Kommen und Gehen, setzt ein hohes Maß an Professionalität in einem durchaus lockeren Arbeitsumfeld voraus und ist vor allem geprägt von Innovationen sowie guten, klugen und zukunftsorientierten Ideen, so der weit verbreitete Konsens. Doch wer sind eigentlich die Köpfe und…
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Info graphic: Who fell victim to PayPal?
Als PayPal im Frühjahr 2004 in Deutschland an den Start ging hatte die deutsche Kreditwirtschaft noch keine Ahnung davon wie groß und mächtig der Bezahlfreund PayPal mal werden würde. Und wie viele es nicht geschafft haben, es PayPal gleich zu tun.
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In financial investment, women attach more importance to personal contact
“Pension levels only know one direction,” says Karolina Decker from FinMarie. This is a worrying development for future generations – especially because women are affected more than men, especially women. The reasons why women often have much less money in their accounts at the end of their working lives are well known: Gaps in employment…
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“New ideas are born where well-trodden paths are sometimes abandoned.”
Welcome to the Transactions 2020the event at which the most important heads of the Digitization-, Payment– and Banking-industry. This is a series of interviews with this year’s speakers of the Transactions 2020 – Today, Sven Deglow, CEO of Consorsbank, is making the start. In the industry, it has long been no secret that the payment and banking organised…
