Bank credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) does not live its best moment. After reaching its peak in 2014 (when the business portfolio stood at 25.3%, including microenterprises), it has been decreasing until reaching 17.7%, according to figures from the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) to November 2018.…
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Reasons in the energy sector: Ilona Ludewig did it. She tells how to survive against corporations like Eon and RWE. Ms. Ludewig, you distribute 4hundred green electricity with your company. When you think of energy companies, an EON or RWE comes to mind. How can you start a business in…
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The Munich-based FinTech WeAdvise starts cooperation with the software company PSplus. Together they want to offer a total solution for independent asset managers and financial service providers. The combined offer of both companies includes digital onboarding, an end customer portal, multi-bank reporting, and asset and portfolio management solutions. This should…
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In the past year 2018, Swiss tech startups have collected as much venture capital as in any year before. This is clear from the Swiss Venture Capital Report 2019 published by startupticker.ch on January 29th. According to the report jointly published by Startupticker.ch and the Seca investor association, 1.236 billion…
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched the Seoul Block Chain Governance Team to explore the benefits of the blockchain in administrative services, reports Yonhap News on January 31. According to the report, team members are investigating the potential of blockchain applications in various government services, including the online voting system.…
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On the morning of January 31, professionals, experts, digital technicians and a large part of the IT business community met at the BBVA Open Space, Madrid. The reason was the presentation of the eBook of trends and innovations in open source and free software: Open IT Innovation Trends 2019. The…
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In the course of digitization, traditional banks are increasingly being challenged by FinTechs. The development of flexible, customer-oriented offers is not rocket science. On the basis of suitable data and in cooperation with start-ups, IT managers can work together with specialist departments to design new apps to support the business.…
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Bitcoin has overtaken ethereum in node numbers for the first time since at least 2016 with bitcoin currently having 10,266 nodes while the highest number for eth is 10,078. Etherscan, however, counts only 7,857 eth nodes. There used to be some 30,000 public eth nodes and even during summer 2018…
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As a way to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Bitcoin network launch, we teamed up with Unbankd to create “Code meets money,” an explainer developed in the style of a graphic novel. A decade ago, the Bitcoin network was in its first days of life. Today it is the…
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Successful start of the year for the Internet Travel Distributor Association (VIR): The Digital Tourism Interest Group is starting the new year 2019 with five new members in its start-up cluster. CamperBoys, List and Ride, MYLi, the refundable and Silverscreen Tours complete the VIR Member portfolio. With CamperBoys, the VIR…
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