Covid19
EU Digital COVID Certificate Facilitates Travel in Europe
The EU Digital COVID Certificate is now live. All EU Member States are issuing and verifying the pass in a bid to boost tourism across the region this summer and beyond. Europe is not alone in creating a vaccine certificate.
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Crowdfunding: Viele Corona-Hilfen über Internetplattformen
Gutscheinverkäufe für das lokale Restaurant, Spenden-Aktion für den Kiosk um die Ecke oder finanzielle Hilfe für Personen, die unter der Pandemie besonders leiden: Die Coronakrise hat eine Welle von Unterstützungsinitiativen auf Crowdfunding-Plattformen ausgelöst. Im Bereich des Crowdsupporting und Crowddonating hat
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Physical Fintech Events are Back in Europe
As vaccination rollout continues and confidence begins to return, governments in Europe are starting to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Already, signs are showing that the event industry is inching back to the traditional in-person events that were the norm before the
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COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Payment and Fintech Adoption in Armenia
In Armenia, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payment solutions and boosted e-commerce activity. Beniamin Tadevosyan, CEO and co-founder of Armenian paytech startup PayX told local fintech news site Fintech.am that, while prior to the pandemic payment
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Finanzkriminalität – die wahren Kosten der Compliance
LexisNexis Risk Solutions hat die Ergebnisse der neuesten True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study – EMEA Edition veröffentlicht. Die Umfrage unter Compliance-Fachleuten identifiziert die Faktoren, die Financial Crime Compliance beeinflussen und zeigt Kostenentwicklungen auf. Die Studie untersucht auch die
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6 Swiss Fintechs That Managed to Expand Internationally During the Pandemic
In 2020, Switzerland’s economy shrank 2.9% as a results of the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst annual contraction in 45 years. Startup funding declined 7.4% while fintech funding fell 38% as investors spread their financing more thinly, avoiding rounds of more
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Banks Fell Short of Meeting Customers’ Expectations in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated banking-sector issues, forcing retail banks to embrace digital transformation and realign their offerings to customer expectations. But while many have been vocal about delivering superior customer experiences, there is still a large disconnect between what
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Dank Corona: Bargeld nicht mehr wichtigstes Zahlungsmittel
Der unabhängige Online-Vergleichsdienst moneyland.ch hat im Rahmen einer repräsentativen Online-Umfrage im Januar 2021 gefragt, mit welchen Zahlungsmitteln und wie häufig die Schweizer Bevölkerung im Laden und im Internet zahlt. Ausserdem hat moneyland.ch gefragt, wie unverzichtbar verschiedene Zahlungsmittel für die Befragten
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Survey: Swiss Fintech Startups Have Risen Against the Odds Despite the Pandemic
In a recent survey among the members of the Swiss Fintech association on economic development during the Covid-19 pandemic, found that fintech companies faced challenges during this period of time but they also seized the opportunity to overcome the crisis.
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Oracle Study Shows People Trusting Robots More Than Themselves With Money
People now trusting robots more than themselves to manage their finances as 2020 has changed our relationship with money, according to a new study by Oracle and personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi. The “Money and Machines: 2021 Global Study” of
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