This open access Pivot demonstrates how a variety of technologies act as innovation catalysts within the banking and financial services sector. Traditional banks and financial services are under increasing competition from global IT companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and PayPal whilst...

This book is a practical guide to the evolving landscape of finance, highlighting how it’s changing our relationship with money and how financial technology, together with macroeconomic and societal change, is rewriting the story of how business is done in developing economies. Financial...

This book provides an introduction to the state of the art in financial technology (FinTech) and the current applications of FinTech in digital banking. It is a comprehensive guide to the various technologies, products, processes, and business models integral to the FinTech environment. Covering...

Disruptive Geschäftsmodelle von FinTechs: Grundlagen, Trends und Strategieüberlegungen -- Best of Both Worlds: Banken vs. FinTechs? -- Geschäftsmodelle von ayondo, BELLIN, BERGFÜRST, Companisto, CRX Markets, Damantis, Debitos, draglet, Ginmon, Guidanta, LaterPay, Lendico, LQID, Rechnung48,...

This book focuses on market developments of crowdfunding, crowdinvesting, crowdlending, social trading, robo-advice, personal financial management, online payment and mobile payment in Germany. FinTech companies are an important driver of innovation in the financial industry. By making financial...

How should a free society protect privacy? Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before. In this interdisciplinary book,...

Vom alten zum neuen Web -- Rich Media: Neuer Standard im Web -- Soziale Netzwerke: Zusammen ist man weniger allein -- Bewertungsportale: Neue Macht des Konsumenten -- Blogs, Chats und Foren -- Web 2.0 als strategische Herausforderung.

Stefan Ivens beschäftigt sich mit grundlegenden Fragestellungen, die sich aus der Nutzung von sozialen Medien für Stakeholdergruppen wie Kunden, Mitarbeiter und Bewerber ergeben. Er analysiert Auswirkungen von Mitarbeiterverhaltensweisen in der digitalen Welt auf die Unternehmensreputation....

In this volume, Paolo Sigismondi explores the dynamics of global media and entertainment, specifically analyzing the implications of the global rise of non-scripted entertainment (as reality TV programs) and the impact and consequences of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...