Payment by credit card is becoming a popular method of payment in Germany. Around five percent of all payments are today conducted this way. However, many people only have ...
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In our 34th episode of PayTechTalk I talked with my colleague Christian about the licence types for payment service providers. Upon hearing this podcast, Marko Wenthin, one of the co-founders ...
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After our first joint podcast with Kilian Thalhammer at the Money20/20 Europe in (back then still) Copenhagen and our joint podcast with Jochen Siegert about the Bitcoin decision, we are ...
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 The instructions for the interpretation and application (IIA) of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on the German Anti-Money Laundering Act are still quite new. BaFin published them ...
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 Recently I looked into the topic of licence types for payment service providers on PayTechLaw. In my blog post “May I or may I not? The licence types for ...
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From 14 September 2019, strong customer authentication will be required for certain payment transactions. The EBA has now provided some commentary on what this means for SEPA mandates that are ...
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The Payment Accounts Act is an “old” law dating from April 2016 but it is going to be once more on people’s radars from 31 October 2018. Why exactly? It ...
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Last week I gave you an update on the Bitcoin decision. Let’s recap. On 25th November 2018 the Kammergericht Berlin (Az.: (4) 161 Ss 28/18 (35/18)) ruled that the trading ...
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Since the implementation of PSD2, or most likely even before, many companies have been preoccupied with one question: How, as a payment institution, do I get a BaFin licence? In ...
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In PayTechTalk 28 haben wir uns intensiv mit dem Thema Geldwäscheprävention befasst und versucht, die wesentlichen Grundlagen zu vermitteln. In dieser Episode erläutern wir, wie ein Verpflichteter im Sinne des Geldwäschegesetzes ...
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In PayTechTalk 28 I will be discussing an issue that is of great importance for our advisory practice with my colleague Christian Walz. No, we are not talking about a song ...
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We buy organic vegetables, use green energy, are considering purchasing an electric car and always take our cloth bag with us while going shopping. But how sustainable is our money? ...
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Simple Language is important. Many people need Simple Language in order to understand everything. Only if you understand everything, can you participate everywhere.*   One usually only comes across Simple ...
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Open Banking & Identity: In the 25th-anniversary episode of PayTechTalk, I had the great honor to talk to none other than the world-famous author, advisor, and commentator on digital financial ...
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The identification of customers according to money laundering law is as much a part of the financial industry as saying  amen in  church. The regulatory requirements are immense and they ...
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Money20/20 Europe 2018 is just a week around the corner – that calls for a Throwback Thursday. Besides of all the talking, chatting, networking and mandate support, we were lucky ...
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