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Why digital currencies? Isn’t money already digital?
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Programmable payments and the role of DLT
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) will permanently change some industries. Thanks to its property as a decentralized, tamper- and censorship-resistant database, DLT contributes to generating new business models, increasing process efficiencies and establishing cross-company trust. Use cases for the technology range from industrial use cases in areas such as energy, manufacturing and logistics to financial use…
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The German payment champion – remains a dream
instant messages #13 by Marcus W. Mosen Marcus W. Mosen comments on payment or banking topics on various portals and delights his followers on twitter (@mwmosen) with pointed contributions on payment, fintech or politics. From now on you will find his monthly guest column “instant messages by…” on the latest happenings in payment, banking &…
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Exclusive: Banxware snaps up Klarna boss Simões as CTO
On March 1, Banxware expanded its management team and brought Diogo Simões on board as Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he worked at Klarna as Lead for Decision Infrastructure. The new CTO will focus on strengthening the development of Banxware’s financial technology platform. Banxware received €4 million in seed funding just a few weeks ago from…
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Faces of the industry: Juliane Schmitz-Engels
May we introduce: Juliane Schmitz-Engels, Head of Communications at Mastercard… Working in the FinTech industry is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovation as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are…
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Bankers in the home office – How German banks are dealing with the new rules
The topic of “mobile working” is on everyone’s lips. And not just since the federal government recently passed new rules on working from home. In times of Corona and ever new mutations, the following applies: Employers should, where possible, offer their employees appropriate home working solutions. How is the German banking industry dealing with this?…
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I win! These companies are “Fintech of the Year” 2020
Cheer, cheer, cheer … and our fintechs are ready to cheer as they have all been awarded Payment & Banking’s “Fintech of the Year 2020” award. The coveted prize was awarded yesterday evening during one of the transactions, which due to the situation could only take place remotely. But stop! The current situation does not…
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BigTech goes Digital Currencies – now Amazon too?
The Bitcoin, Fiat and Rock’n’Roll News This week, Alexander, Jonas, and Michael rank the relevant developments in the CBDC and crypto scene in a new news episode: Lagarde forges ahead on the digital euro. The Chinese CBDC project DC/EP is progressing inexorably. The bitcoin price is going through the roof and is already correcting again.…
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Bitcoin is not a means of payment
#5minF – 5-Minute-Friday The principle of the “5-Minute-Friday” is probably known to many by now. This concept also fits perfectly for the popular podcast model. Every Friday Alex Bechtel, Jonas Gross and Michael Blaschke try to explain a question of the Bitcoin & Crypto community a little bit more in 5 minutes and briefly and…
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Can money be made with Open Banking?
A guest article by Dr. Peter Robejsek, Vice-President at Mastercard. Benefiting from new technologies and driven by the PSD2 payment services directive, the number of Open Banking use cases in Germany is continuously increasing. After all, open banking offers enormous opportunities to enable innovation not only through traditional products and services, but also to substantially…
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News review in February 21 – The most important at the end
Our monthly review in February 2021 There’s never a dull moment in the fintech world. Companies are founded, investments are made and new products are launched on the market. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. We take care of that and summarize the most important news of the past month in a compact…
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Transactions 20½ – Thank you TSYS
One of our sponsors this year – TSYS The Corona pandemic still has us all in its grip and the infection figures are not yet falling to the extent that we can give the all-clear. This also means something for us and our event planning. Contrary to all our hopes to see each other live…
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The faces of the industry: Minou Ghaffari
May we introduce Minou Ghaffari of PAIR Finance. Working in the FinTech industry is like coming and going, requires a high degree of professionalism in a thoroughly relaxed working environment and is above all characterised by innovation as well as good, clever and future-oriented ideas, according to the widespread consensus. But who are actually the…
