Tag: consumers
Eon boss prepares consumers for continued high electricity prices
Berlin Electricity prices in daily trading have fallen by around two thirds since mid-December. Just 130 euros are currently due on the Leipzig Stock Exchange EEX for one megawatt hour…
Eon boss Leonhard Birnbaum is preparing consumers for further high prices
Berlin Electricity prices in daily trading have fallen by around two thirds since mid-December. Just 130 euros are currently due on the Leipzig Stock Exchange EEX for one megawatt hour…
More consumers are switching car insurance
car insurance In times of high inflation, many people willing to switch do not find cheaper alternatives. (Photo: IMAGO/McPHOTO) Frankfurt The rising prices in motor insurance meant that significantly more…
Consumers complain about delayed payments – Bafin warns insurers
life insurance An IT migration is causing problems for the life insurer Proxalto. (Photo: imago/imagebroker) Frankfurt The financial regulator Bafin requires insurers to provide contractually agreed services quickly. Sometimes consumers…
Industrial electricity price – Federal government wants to take price risks away from large electricity consumers
offshore wind power At a future industrial electricity price, companies could directly buy electricity generated by offshore wind farms. (Photo: AP) Berlin The high electricity prices have been an immense…
This is what the traffic light coalition promises to business and consumers
Data is considered the treasure of the 21st century. Tech companies like Google and Meta have helped them to dominate the world, and secret services like the NSA stockpile them…
Is your electricity price going up? What experts are now advising consumers to do
electricity meter Part of the electricity consumption will in future be offered at a capped tariff. (Photo: IMAGO/aal.photo) Berlin, Dusseldorf Electricity and gas suppliers are increasing their prices across the…
German consumers prefer not to pay by smartphone
Pay by smartphone Most consumers in Germany still prefer cash payments. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Frankfurt Even four years after the launch of Apple Pay in Germany, only a fraction of…
Which heating costs consumers still have to reckon with in 2022
Gas heater is serviced Anyone who heats with gas will have to expect additional costs of many hundreds of euros in a 70 square meter apartment by 2022. (Photo: IMAGO/blickwinkel)…
Consumers have to be prepared for these additional costs
Gas boiler is under maintenance If you heat with gas, you will probably have to reckon with additional costs of 550 euros in a 70 square meter apartment in 2022.…
Henkel refill stations meet skeptical consumers
Refill station of the Henkel brand “Love Nature” The concept hardly goes down well with customers. (Photo: Nora Laurie Lammers / dm) Dusseldorf Henkel wanted to be a pioneer in…
What is in store for consumers now?
Dusseldorf Germany puts together a rescue package of more than 15 billion euros for Uniper. Because the Federal Republic cannot allow the country’s largest gas importer to go bankrupt this…
Consumers are worried about autumn and winter
Shopping street in Dusseldorf The trade in clothing has recovered significantly. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Gstettenbauer) Dusseldorf Confidence among Germany’s consumers has fallen further. This is signaled by the HDE consumption barometer…
This is how consumers can find cheap online installment loans
Euro notes savings book Euro notes savings book *** Euro notes passbook euro notes savings FMH-Finanzberatung has compiled a ranking of the best online installment loans. Especially the German Skatbank…
How Habeck could save the levy for consumers
Berlin, Brussels First the Federal Minister of Economics defended it, now Robert Habeck has made it clear: If he has his way, the gas levy will not remain in its…
Consumers are paying more and more attention to organic farming
Dusseldorf The proportion is still small, but the rates of increase are considerable: When buying their food, more and more people are checking whether it comes from organic farming. Modern…
Consumers are paying more and more attention to organic farming
Dusseldorf The proportion is still small, but the rates of increase are considerable: When buying their food, more and more people are checking whether it comes from organic farming. Modern…
How the traffic light can relieve consumers instead
Dusseldorf Consumers now have to pay VAT on the gas levy that will start in October. Finance Minister Christian Lindner has had the EU Commission examine whether it is possible…
Associations are calling for more relief for companies and consumers
Business representatives and social organizations called for more relief for low-income households and energy-intensive companies on Monday after the amount of the gas levy was announced. As reported by Trading…
How high & expensive is it for consumers?
gas surcharge For many consumers, this means that gas prices, which are already high, will continue to rise. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf Gas traders will be able to pass on…