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The 5pm Club
We are discussing with you live and online On this occasion we would like to introduce a new format to you: the 5pm Club from Payment & Banking. Soon we will host our first online talk as a livestream on the net. We will talk live and in color with several speakers about current topics…
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Digital currencies: Europe threatens to lose its access
Bitkom publishes information paper “Digital Euro on the Blockchain“ Not only practically all central banks worldwide are discussing the topic of digital central bank money, but also commercial banks, technology- and financial companies and, of course, politicians are involved in the wide-ranging discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of CBDCs. One thing seems clear to…
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What is… finstreet actually doing?
As the Payment & 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, report about exits and provide analyses on current topics. Some companies appear…
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The Federal Court of Justice-defeat of the German Banking Associations on Open Banking
We have been following the major topic of Open Banking in our blog in various podcasts and articles long before PSD2 came into force. We are also continuously dealing with the topic in interviews. Now a large further chapter has been closed for the time being with a BGH defeat of the German banking associations…
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Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay: The German partner banks
Apple Pay and Google Pay have been available in Germany for almost two years and with Samsung Pay a third major protagonist is now starting. Since the launch in 2018, the number of partner banks at both Google and Apple has grown continuously, so that the coverage of participating banks in Germany is now impressive.…
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“Many people are unaware of the benefits of crypto-currency”
The crypto currency is undoubtedly the biggest phenomenon that has hit the financial sector since the Internet. It is not simply a new type of investment, but a completely new asset class. The last time the world has seen an entirely new asset class was over 300 years ago, when the Bank of England issued…
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What is… fino actually doing?
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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“The core of a transformation is the willingness to rethink.”
Almost unnoticed, the Estonian Fintech Modularbank opened its office in Berlin at the beginning of this year. The company is managed by Vilve Vene. She has been working in the industry for 25 years and developed financial technology long before Fintech became a household name. For example, she led the IT department of the Baltic…
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Trade Republic – trade with three clicks – and what do you do?
Our “FinTech of the Year 2019” – Trade Republic has announced a new impressive funding round with Accel and Founders Fund! Congratulations to Berlin. In podcast 203, the colleagues gave a good outlook on what they are doing. In general, we have been following the topic for a long time, as Trade Republic was a…
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How to process credit requests quickly even in special situations
A guest article by Andreas Sonnleitner – Arvato Financial Solutions Many companies are currently in urgent need of liquidity, and loans must be granted quickly. However, traditional loan review routines are rarely up to the current onslaught. In order to cope with the flood of applications to banks, the digitalization of the credit application process…
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Die BGH-Niederlage der deutschen Bankenverbände zum Open Banking
Wir begleiten den großen Themenkomplex Open Banking bei uns im Blog in verschiedenen Podcasts und Artikeln schon lange bevor die PSD2 in Kraft getreten ist. Auch in Interviews beschäftigen wir uns kontinuierlich mit dem Thema. Nun ist mit einer BGH-Niederlage der deutschen Bankenverbände gegen das Kartellamt ein großes weiteres Kapitel vorerst beendet worden.Eine Auseinandersetzung, die…
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Diese Corona-Hilfsmaßnahmen für Start-ups laufen schon – UPDATE
Nicht nur Mediziner sprechen angesichts der Corona-Pandemie von einer „historischen Zeit“, auch die Wirtschaft steht vor Herausforderungen von bislang unbekanntem Ausmaß. Es wird die traditionelle Wirtschaft ebenso treffen, wie Digitalunternehmen und auch die Fintechs. Die aktuelle Lage kann bei vielen großen und kleinen und Start-up – Unternehmen bereits kurzfristig zu massiven Geldnöten führen. Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium…
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What or who will be the super app in Europe?
While at the beginning of the iPhone the motto was rather ‘there is an App for that’, but for some time now we have been seeing a kind of counter-movement to so-called super apps. The combination of different services in a single app. Often it starts with a few functions (food or taxi), but then…
