FinTech News Issue #3 December 1st, 2014
FinTech Articles
Digitization is challenging the very way banks operate. Yet it also represents a significant opportunity, as McKinsey’s Somesh Khanna explains.
Skrill Group today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Ukash . On completion, this acquisition will add scale and reach to Skrill Group’s rapidly growing paysafecard, one of Europe’s most popular, proven and secure prepaid payment solutions for purchasing online, making the company a global force in secure online payment.
Hitfox takes on FinTech and launched the Finleap inkubator: Savedo the first Startup, is a marketplace which allows german customers to open "Festgeldkonten" in foreign countries in order to profit from higher interest rates.
Konnte man vor ein paar Jahren noch von einem digitalen und einem realen Leben sprechen, so müssen wir heute feststellen, dass die beiden Welten immer weiter miteinander verschmelzen, und zwar auf der digitalen Seite des Lebens. Das hat aber auch zur Folge, dass sich die Dinge des täglichen Lebens entmaterialisieren. Sehr eindrucksvoll wird das am Beispiel der Dinge, die man früher in den 80er Jahren noch auf einem Schreibtisch hatte. Hier in einem Zeitraffer-Film dargestellt.
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