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Where else is this going? – New numbers from PayPal
Did the results really surprise us? Or isn´t it actually just „business as usual “– everyone expects it.New big reports are a negative report. PayPal goes its way unobtrusively but constantly.The quarterly comparison of the 3rd quarte in 2017:13% more turnover ($3.68 billion915% more profit ($436 million)37% more payment volume ($134 billion) – other sources…
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Parking and payment
Will parking now become smart? When people deal with the organized standstill of passenger cars, it sounds terribly boring at first, but what all actually is linked to parking and how these people and companies play a decisive role in shaping our future, because they enjoy parking and thus also do something for our environment…
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Digitalisation: Lessons to learn from the big dotcom-players
Introduction Key digitization. A challenge that does not want to end. A complex topic, especially for companies that do their business mainly that do their business mainly in and around the internet. If they also offer services, it becomes particularly complicated. At the beginning of the millennium, the technology industry was in a veritable gold-rush…
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The cryptocurrency market: A status Quo
Enormous growth of cryptocurrency market till today A market analysis by Philipp Petzka, CEO, Mintfort The market and usage of cryptocurrencies has gone through a rapid growth since the official release of the bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. To illustrate the exponential growth rates , some graphs are shown below: The number of…
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N26 and supervision – Was that necessary?
or is it all just a „storm in a glass of water” – what happened?N26 uses a photo identity process in Portugal, which is, according to Bafin and the Portuguese regulators, not compliant. But the Bafin didn’t notice – the Portuguese is not responsible.Two WiWo editors disguised themselves as Portuguese and tried it out –…
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6 Key Learnings from Dotcom Companies in dealing with digital change
Introduction Key digitization. A challenge that does not want to end. A complex topic, especially for companies that do their business mainly that do their business mainly in and around the internet. If they also offer services, it becomes particularly complicated. At the beginning of the millennium, the technology industry was in a veritable gold-rush…
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Artificial Intelligence in Banking
“I talked to the accounting department in Houston yesterday and they told me that you’ll get a higher salary next month” HAL 9000 – Space Odyssey. If man becomes too stupid, artificial intelligence is needed. And after Mobile Payments, Blockchain and various other topics, the credit industry has now found another topic that can be…
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The transfer strikes back
The bank transfer is probably the oldest and best known “online means of payment” – known from “film and television” – born offline and digitally. But never really made the step into the online World. Sure there was (sorry there is) the immediate transfer. Which is now in Swedish hands and soon will probably be…
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Mobile Payment in Germany – what is possible, and what is not
Mobile Payment in Germany – what is possible, and what is not About the sense and nonsense of paying with your smartphone at the cashier point can and must one argue, and about the question why we no longer talk about mobile internet, but still distinguish between mobile payment and payment in other areas, when…
