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Concentrated load of information – our newsletter is six months old
Christmas comes but once a year. Payment & Banking also has reason to send a short jubilant mail. Our Daily Newsletter is already six months old this Friday – and we are admittedly a little proud of it. Because within a short time the daily newsletters for many thousands of readers has long since become…
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The Banxware Story
FinTech Podcast #281 Sometimes even old hands dare to try something new – also Miriam Wohlfarth, who was THE face of Ratepay for many years, and Jens Röhrborn, also no stranger to the scene, have joined forces with two other founders, Fabian Heiß and Aurel Stenzel, and launched Banxware. There are already rumours in the…
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N26, Bunq & Co – the feature phones in banking
Some of you may still remember the year 2007, the year in which the earth stood still for a short time and the first real smartphone was presented: the Apple iPhone. Almost exactly 13 years ago, the iPhone marked the end of the so-called feature phones and with it the end of the successful mobile…
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Die Gesichter der Branche: Dr. Verena Thaler
Dürfen wir vorstellen: Dr. Verena Thaler von Raisin 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…
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Digital Identity Overview Germany
Digital Identity in Germany is a very ambivalent topic. On the one hand, the Corona crisis shows how helpful a uniform, mass available digital identity would be, but on the other hand, the topic is developing in the same way as the developments in mobile payment almost ten years ago. With one important difference: mobile…
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The piggy bank is far from dead!
German children are brought up to save conservatively Children and money – often this is a delicate combination. Because dealing with one’s own finances needs to be learned. While children, for example, are becoming more and more adept at dealing with social media and are several steps ahead of their parents, things are different when…
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What does… CrowdDesk do?
As the Payment and Banking team we try to keep a continuous overview of the industry and report on small and large Fintechs and Insurtechs, on established banks as well as neo-banks, on digital strategies, on major investments of national and international financiers, write about exits and provide analyses on current topics. Some companies appear…
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Die News im August
FinTech Podcast #280 Die Ferienzeit ist mehr oder weniger vorbei – Corona immer noch da. Unsere Kinder kehren in den Alltag zurück, alles mit Maske. Back to the new normal. Und auch die Büros unsere Branche füllen sich wieder mit Leben. Mit anderen Worten, die Pressemitteilungsmaschinen sind in Gang, denn auch im August war wieder…
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Talk is silver – making is gold! A reflection on the rush jobs after Paydirekt & Co
A column by Marcus W. Mosen Some know better and better, others have always known better, and only the very few know what they are writing about – and knowing nothing obviously makes nothing. This is the motto of numerous comments in the last days and weeks in our banking and payment bubble on the…
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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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News show in August – The most important facts at the end
Our monthly review in the August In the Fintech world it never gets boring. New companies are founded, investments are made and new products are brought to the market. Sometimes it is 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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Ask me anything #19 – mit Stephan Heller von FinCompare
Als Payment & Banking das neue Interviewformat startete, war es zunächst das Team, das neue Gäste für das nächste „Ask me anything“ vorschlug. Nun aber hat sich das Format etabliert, sodass Vorschläge mittlerweile auch aus der Community kommen. „Wäre nicht der oder die interessant?“ oder „Soundso habe ich schon so oft auf der Bühne gesehen,…
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Deutsche Bank: Why you can’t buy happiness
In recent weeks, Deutsche Bank has been on everyone’s lips, especially by hiring well-known industry leaders. Directly four finders from us, Payment & Bankinghave switched to Deutsche Bank. But other familiar faces like Alexander Bechtel of the podcast Bitcoin, Fiat & rock’n’roll is another change from the industry. Better bought well than badly done is…
