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• QR Invoices and eBills: Convenience Meets Responsibility

  QR invoices and eBills make payments easier. Learn about the main risks, common scams, and how to protect yourself effectively

  Banking & Financial Services•eBanking aber sicher!•26 Jun 2026•5 minutes

  

• The Wealth Advisor: Pivotal for Growth in Wealth Management

  This white paper argues that Advisor Effectiveness Coaching (AEC) is a practical way to transition from product-push sales toward genuinely client-centric advice. Based on the GROW coaching model, it describes a structured programme spanning preparation, a senior-level kick-off, ongoing 1:1 and team coaching, and a “living phase” to sustain momentum. Team leaders serve as the key lever, acting as both coachee and coach to cascade change across the advisory organisation, while AI frees advisors for higher-value conversations. The paper concludes with a phased call to action – pilot, measure, and scale – with the goal of transforming advisors into trusted, augmented wealth partners.

  Banking & Financial Services•Urs Bolt•26 Mar 2026•18 minutes

  

• Digitization and Customer Journey in the Banking Sector

  How can banks use the technical possibilities of digitization and adapt business models, services and "customer journeys"? There are a few elements that should be considered here.

  Banking & Financial Services•Inga Schmidt•9 Feb 2022•10 minutes

  

• Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - high potential with new rules of the game

  The transformation in the financial industry is progressing. Disruptive technologies, increased transparency, lack of trust in central instances, high speed and changing customer needs are important drivers of digital transformation. Cryptocurrencies and digital assets are coming into play as innovations. These enable financial services to be used in a decentralized manner across the globe via the internet and blockchain technology. The original use case is Bitcoin, which enables peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. The next stage of expansion is referred to as Decentralized Finance (DeFi). DeFi has the potential to change the world and enable 1.7 billion unbanked people to access finance.

  Banking & Financial Services•Roberto Zimmermann•1 Sept 2021•7 minutes

  

• DeFi - Decentralized Finance explained

  DeFi is a new paradigm that is gaining popularity in the financial world. Using automated processes, a peer-2-peer approach and blockchain technology, it challenges traditional finance. Following the DeFi logic, intermediaries such as banks, stock exchanges and insurers will soon be obsolete.

  Banking & Financial Services•Dr. Patrick Schueffel•17 Apr 2021•8 minutes

  

• Blockchain, cryptography and new visions of money

  Blockchain and cryptography are changing not only our thinking and monetary system but our social models. What impact can it have?

  Blockchain & Smart Contracts•Karen Wendt•31 Mar 2021•4 minutes

  

• FinTech Ecosystems - The Future of the Financial Sector?!

  How to establish a functioning FinTech ecosystem and why digital ecosystems are becoming important in the financial world.

  Banking & Financial Services•Florian Gmach•26 Mar 2021•5 minutes