Tag: Payment transactions
PayPal wants to buy Pinterest – apparently for 39 billion dollars
Pinterest app A few days ago, Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp announced that he would leave the company. (Photo: Reuters) Bangalore According to insiders, the Internet payment service PayPal is planning…
Mastercard is phasing out the Maestro system
Sparkasse Girocard with Maestro function Mastercard wants to end its Maestro function in the foreseeable future. Cross-border payments with girocards would then be processed via Mastercard itself. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
Real estate agent Engel & Völkers enters the banking business
Engel & Völkers The step into a new business field apart from real estate brokerage does not come as a complete surprise. (Photo: Carsten Dammann for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt The real…
Real estate agent Engel & Völkers enters the banking business
Engel & Völkers The step into a new business field apart from real estate brokerage does not come as a complete surprise. (Photo: Carsten Dammann for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt The real…
There are abysses between claim and reality
Office from N26 The Berlin smartphone bank N26 receives around 780 million euros from investors in a new financing round. (Photo: Reuters) The smartphone bank N26 has had an impressive…
Savings banks and Volksbanks ally in a struggle with the Bafin
This emerges from a letter from the Federal Association of Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR), which is available to the Handelsblatt. “In the meantime, together with the German Savings Banks and…
Fintech Sumup to buy Fivestars for more than $ 300 million
Pay at the Sumup card terminal The British-German payment service provider Sumup has many small merchants as well as restaurants and cafes as customers. They use Sumup’s mobile card readers.…
Bafin’s difficult path to independence
Mark Branson The new Bafin President confirms that there must be “total independence” from the Ministry of Finance in operational supervision. (Photo: Jann Höfer for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt It is a…
Trading in the share will be suspended in mid-November
Headquarters of the German stock exchange in Eschborn The sale of Wirecard shares will be much more difficult from November 15th. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt It is a technical end –…
Financial regulatory reform just the beginning
The new Bafin President Mark Branson Branson announced a tougher approach to overseeing financial corporations and bolder decisions. (Photo: Jann Höfer for Handelsblatt) Munich The new President of the Financial…
Financial regulatory reform just the beginning
The new Bafin President Mark Branson Branson announced a tougher approach to overseeing financial corporations and bolder decisions. (Photo: Jann Höfer for Handelsblatt) Munich The new president of the financial…
How IT companies and start-ups want to make passwords superfluous
Frankfurt, San Francisco, Hamburg A man sits in a boat, controlled by death himself. The Grim Reaper gives him one last chance: To get to paradise, all he has to…
Savings banks want to invest 150 million euros in EPI
Contactless card payment European banks want to set up their own payment system. You anticipate investments of 1.5 billion euros initially. (Photo: E + / Getty Images) Frankfurt A directional…
Suspicious stock deals of the ex-supervisory board chief Rehnig
Klaus Otto Rehnig At the end of 2018, he advertised Wirecard shares that they could double their value. (Photo: Michael Englert for Handelsblatt) Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt Even ten years after…
Why banks and insurers do not have to fear an in-depth examination in 2020
Frankfurt Many German banks and insurers should breathe a sigh of relief: Even for the 2021 financial year, they do not have to show their auditors how effectively they have…
Card readers will be mandatory in new charging stations for e-cars.
Andreas Scheuer The Federal Minister of Transport on Scholz: “He is now responsible for the slower expansion of the charging stations due to the additional technical requirements.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Card readers will be mandatory in new charging stations for e-cars.
Card payment at all charging stations From July 2023, all new charging stations for e-cars should have a card reader. The federal and state governments want to ensure uniform payment…
Wirecard scandal: Greetings from Arabia: Will a rental transfer lead investigators to Jan Marsalek?
The authorities have been looking for the fugitive Wirecard manager for more than a year. There is now a trail leading to the United Arab Emirates. .
How dependent is he on the Treasury?
Frankfurt The new head of the German financial regulator Bafin finds tough capital requirements important for big banks. Mark Branson said in April that thick capital buffers are of great…