The Financial Stability Board (FSB) based in Basel published a report on the application of technology to finance, or fintech, and the structure of the financial services market. The subtitle of the report, more in-depth, reveals the intentions of the authors: “changes in the markets and implications for financial stability”.…
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The prejudice of the capitalist against the provincial normally refers to the size of its ecosystem. What is celebrated in the town as a great advance or great news is, in the eyes of the inhabitant of the capital, insignificant or rather folkloric. And Chile, in the world financial concert,…
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Surely you have heard of the so-called ‘Google rate’, a tax that is being carried out by the Government to obtain money from the activities carried out by the big technology companies in our country. So far the bill has been approved in the Council of Ministers, this means that…
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Within the publishing group News (VGN), he was instrumental in the successful transformation processes from print to digital. Now the former Managing Director and Chief Sales Officer B2C of VGN joined the startup Own Austria in Vienna as managing partner. In an interview he talks about his motives and plans.…
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The path of a financial startup to profitability is long and difficult: the development of new applications is time-consuming. In addition, there are expensive marketing measures to reach a critical mass of users. Collaborating with established banks on an open platform can help. A guest article by Mitesh Soni. The…
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TV formats such as “The Cave of the Lions” on VOX give you the feeling that everyone in Germany is starting a startup and employees are now rather boring and exotic. But if you look at the facts, a different picture becomes visible. According to KfW there were 1,548,000 founders…
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“Make it in Ulm – Do it in Ulm” is the slogan with which the city, together with Neu-Ulm and the districts Neu-Ulm and Alb-Donau, wants to become more attractive for founders. “There are people with good ideas, but they go to Berlin instead of pursuing their projects because the…
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Startups are often associated with founders from the tech scene. Not least thanks to the Vox program “The Cave of the Lions”, the term Startup is also established among food founders. However, in traditional occupations and industries, young people are less likely to startup. Rebecca Materne and Janina Schmitt did…
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Five months have passed since the trial between Amazon and the workers of the logistics center of San Fernando de Henares (Madrid) set its start date. However, the request of a judge, who demanded more clarity from the demands of the employees, has delayed the start of the process until…
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The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced on Monday that it has set itself the goal of making half of all its shipments carbon-free by 2030. Going eco-friendly nowadays is, apparently, really profitable. Zero Shipment The so-called “Zero Shipment” project is viable thanks to the improvements that can be made through…
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