Thanks to excellent conditions, the fintech industry in Switzerland is growing dynamically, as a study shows. She finds clear words on the prospects for the banks: further development or irrelevance. Martin Hess is Head of Economic Policy at the Swiss Bankers Association The Institute for Financial Services Zug (IFZ) notes…
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The digital bank N26 is currently struggling with its growth. Phishing scams and customer communication problems could discourage customers and hurt the entire fintech industry. A very impressive growth A few days ago, N26 founder Valentin Stalf said in an interview that the digital bank is winning 10,000 new customers…
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The blockchain hype train has been derailed as people realise that the technology won’t change things overnight. That’s the view of FinTech heavyweight Chris Skinner, Chair of the European networking forum The Financial Services Club and Nordic Finance Innovation. What did he say? In a blog post, he says: “I…
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Faced with what is expected to be a war for the capture of talent, Jalisco organizes the Talent Land, a project that aims to create people more adapted to the needs of current and future jobs. What is coming up? “Robotics, artificial intelligence and big data are going to represent…
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If there was any doubt about Apple’s future direction, they have been eliminated since Monday’s event: the focus was only on services: there were no hardware renewals. In addition to a bored news app, Apple introduced a gaming flat rate and a new video streaming service. And of course: the…
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Apple held this afternoon at the Steve Jobs Theater the most important services-focused conference in its history, confirming what some of the media had advanced such as “Apple’s reinvention of a service company”. With an installed base of hundreds of millions of devices; With the most profitable application store on…
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The Viennese startup Smart Assistant is probably one of the biggest domestic success stories, which are far too rarely told. The company, which was founded by students in 2006, has meanwhile become an international company headquartered in London under the name Zoovu. With a growth rate of over 100 percent,…
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Even though the ripple (XRP) has recently cooled a bit, XRP’s price performance remains one of the strongest in recent months. All this happens under the guise of Ripple Inc. The startup has launched several products that will facilitate and accelerate the execution of cross-border transactions. As a result, the…
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The technological giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple have touched the door of the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) to enter the financial system. How are things going? The president of the organization, Adalberto Palma, acknowledged that he has met with representatives of these firms, which are…
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For bank customers, it is a horror scenario: scammers use the access data for online banking and then clear the account empty. As the magazine “founder scene” now reports, it has hit a customer of the Berlin online bank N26 particularly hard. He was stolen not only 80,000 euros, the…
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