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Low unemployment & high fluctuation in the labor market
Looking for a job The labor market is currently sending mixed signals. (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf When Christian Mayer goes looking for a job in early summer, he doesn’t notice…
Low unemployment & high fluctuation in the labor market
Looking for a job The labor market is currently sending mixed signals. (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf When Christian Mayer goes looking for a job in early summer, he doesn’t notice…
Satispay collects 320 million euros and becomes a unicorn
Satispay app The Italian fintech aims to become the next leading payments network in Europe. (Photo: Satispay) Frankfurt Italian financial start-up (fintech) Satispay has raised 320 million euros in fresh…
EU plans stricter rules for online shopping on credit
Frankfurt, Brussels The EU is striving for stricter rules for mini-loans and buying in installments when shopping online, in technical jargon “buy now, pay later” (BNPL). The consumer credit directive,…
EQT wants to outboot competition from the USA and Asia with growth funds
start-up office EQT was previously known primarily for private equity, but now also invests in start-ups with a fund. (Photo: IMAGO/MASKOT) Dusseldorf EQT wants to take advantage of the downturn…
Bafin takes action against payment service providers
Frankfurt The financial supervisory authority Bafin has identified significant deficiencies in the payment service provider Unzer and is therefore taking tough action against the group. The subsidiary Unzer E-Com GmbH…
Clean up: Selenski fires the head of the secret service
Zelensky justified the spectacular dismissals with the fact that more than 60 employees from these authorities remained in the Russian-occupied territories and “collaborate with the enemy,” as the Kiev head…
The Roman Trick of Mario Draghi
many things in Italy are familiar to us. The evening life on the Piazza del Popolo, the quality coffee in every bar, pasta fresca, wineries around Castelli, hospitality, “La Grande…
Central banks need to “get the rods out”
Today France, and with it the free world, celebrates July 14 as the day of the bourgeois revolution. With the battle cry “Liberté, egalité, fraternité”, the Parisians stormed the Bastille…
Venture capitalists continue to invest in German B2B fintechs
Frankfurt Even in the current market environment, German financial start-ups are attracting the interest of venture capitalists. In the second quarter, venture capital investors invested a total of almost 1.4…
IG Metall discovers the “full throttle” tactic
the “concerted action” by the largest industrial union, IG Metall, consists of demanding eight percent more wages for 3.8 million employees. That would be the strongest increase since 2008. The…
Company value of the Swedish fintech Klarna collapsed
Klarna In May, Klarna announced that it would cut ten percent of its jobs. (Photo: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com) Frankfurt Klarna is no longer Europe’s most valuable unlisted start-up. The…
Company value of the Swedish fintech Klarna collapsed
Klarna In May, Klarna announced that it would cut ten percent of its jobs. (Photo: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com) Frankfurt Klarna is no longer Europe’s most valuable unlisted start-up. The…
Where savers get the highest interest rates
Illustration with 50 euro banknotes Banks and savings banks remain stingy when it comes to interest rates on call money and time deposits. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Frankfurt Extreme fluctuations on…
Where savers get the highest interest rates
Illustration with 50 euro banknotes Banks and savings banks remain stingy when it comes to interest rates on call money and time deposits. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Frankfurt Extreme fluctuations on…
Where savers get the highest interest rates
Illustration with 50 euro banknotes Banks and savings banks remain stingy when it comes to interest rates on call money and time deposits. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Frankfurt Extreme fluctuations on…
High-Tech Gründerfonds braces itself against the impending crisis with record numbers
Munich Dark clouds are also gathering over the German start-up scene. The Ukraine war, supply chain problems and stock market setbacks are having an impact. In the midst of the…
Layoffs – Fintechs are coming under pressure
Frankfurt The celebratory mood is followed by disillusionment: just a week after the Berlin neobroker Trade Republic announced the expansion of its last financing round by 250 million euros and…
Apple introduces new software for Mercedes, Audi & Porsche
Tim Cook The Apple boss is presenting numerous new products at the WWDC 2022 developer conference. (Photo: REUTERS) Cupertino The most valuable technology company in the world Apple is pushing…
Apple wants to take control of the car – and is thus challenging the car manufacturers
Tim Cook The Apple boss presents numerous new products at the annual developer conference WWDC. (Photo: REUTERS) Cupertino The most valuable technology company in the world Apple is pushing further…