Contextual Solutions Blog
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How to Open Doors with Lobbying as a Fintech Company?
Lobbying, an activity often shrouded in misunderstanding and misinterpretation, is how individuals, groups, or organizations attempt to influence the decision-making processes of government officials and regulatory bodies. Lobbying can save tech companies active in regulated sectors, such as Fintech or Healthtech, from future costs, bureaucracy, and legal hassles. How can tech companies utilize the power of lobbying? Find out!
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work - IMF Report Summary
Explore key insights from the IMF's Gen-AI report dated January 2024 on how artificial intelligence is reshaping global labor markets. Uncover the potential of AI to boost productivity, the dual nature of job displacement, and income inequality across advanced, emerging markets, and developing economies. Learn about the necessary preparedness and policy considerations to harness AI's benefits effectively and mitigate its challenges.
Differentiating Bank Revenue Streams: Exploring the Rise of Lifestyle Banking
Lifestyle banking is becoming increasingly popular with the rise of open banking and AI. As consumers increasingly seek convenience, personalization, and seamless integration into their daily lives, lifestyle banking promises to reshape the future of banking as we know it. What is lifestyle banking? How can banks implement lifestyle service strategies? Read now to learn more!
EU Warns Finfluencers to be Careful with Their Investment Advice
Acting as an unregulated financial advisor can have legal consequences for social media influencers, namely finfluencers, and the firms who use them. In our recent article we dived deeper into finfluencers, their impact on fintech marketing and trust building and the potential impact of the upcoming regulation. Read now to learn more!
Introducing Bitesized Expertise: A Journey into Insights with the Contextual Solutions Network
Bitesized Expertise, our series of livestreamed LinkedIn interviews with experts from across industries kicked off on February 5th, featuring Florian Graillot of astorya.vc. Before we dive deeper into the session and share Florian’s insights on fundraising, insurtech trends and fintech entrepreneurship, please allow us to share why we decided to launch these series.
Venture Studios in Berlin
Venture Studios or Company Builders build, finance, and accelerate the growth of startups within their ecosystem to incubate or host lucrative business ideas. Cities like Berlin or London that attract diverse entrepreneurial talent have demonstrated many successful and less successful examples of venture studios since the early 2000s. What are the challenges and opportunities for venture studios nowadays? Let’s find out!
Payment Licenses in Europe: How to Find the Right Regulator?
Obtaining a banking/payment licence in one EU state generally entitles a financial organisation to trade in all the other states. Yet the approval process can vary greatly from one jurisdiction to another. Which one is best? How can you find the right jurisdiction?
The State of Startup Fundraising: Focus on Europe
Since 2023, the venture capital practice has had its ups and downs, and entrepreneurs are keen to understand what 2024 might bring. We looked into available data to analyze 2023’s venture capital trends and their impact on 2024.
Celebrating Success: Our Fintech Blog Emerges Among the Top 20 in Germany!
We are thrilled to share a momentous achievement that fills us with pride and gratitude – our fintech blog has been recognized among the best in Germany!
A Glimpse into the Future of Banking with Quantum Computing
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reform industries and processes as the number one tech infrastructure, quantum computing follows as the close second, thanks to its predictive powers.
The EU's AI Act: A Leap into the Future or a Step Back for Innovation?
With its latest draft unfurled on January 21, 2024, the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act steps into the spotlight as the globe's inaugural attempt at crafting a comprehensive regulatory framework for AI. But as this legislative titan begins to take form, a growing chorus of skeptics casts a shadow over its aspirations, cautioning that its efforts to govern could inadvertently throttle the very innovation it aims to nurture.
Expert Coffee Talks - Achim Oelgarth
It's getting harder to meet people in Berlin due to the crisp ❄ weather, but the cold didn't stop Elif Kocaoglu Ulbrich of Contextual Solutions from chasing Finance and Tech experts for an interview; coffee talks are back!
2023 Unwrapped: Our (Fin)Tech Year in Review
As we are about to close an extremely successful year, we would like to thank all our team members, partners, clients, and readers for making 2023 a success. We would also like to use this opportunity to rewind and reflect.
The Tectonic Shift in European Fintech: A 2024 Outlook
Investment in European Fintech has seen its share drop by almost 10 percentage points, as observed by the 2023 ‘State of European Tech’ report. What awaits the tech scene in 2024? Let’s find out.
Record-breaking Binance punishment could be good news for FinTech
The legal settlement between Binance and the US Treasury has been described as a heavy blow for crypto in general and exchanges in particular, but closer analysis reveals a more nuanced message.
Is artificial intelligence demoralizing tech employees? It is, according to the experts.
Do you experience demotivation within your organization, regardless of all the improvement attempts? Do you feel less inspired or impactful as an expert? You are not alone, as confirmed by experts.
Exploring the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) - How financial risk and ICT risk have become one
The EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) doesn't just blur the line between financial sector firms and their ICT providers; it erases that line entirely. This change has significant implications for everyone in FinTech and banking.
Why did we move to a new office in the age of remote work?
After the pandemic, the traditional work landscape underwent a seismic shift, with remote work emerging as a prominent contender to the conventional office setup. The advantages of each approach are significant, and there is a spirited debate about which is superior. Where do Contextual Solutions stand in this debate?
How OpenAI Showed Silicon Valley’s Ugly-Side
The fallout of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI invited speculation and commentary from across the whole tech community. Key to our fascination was the simple truth that nobody really knew exactly what went down.
Banks Have Been Caught Red-Handed Committing ESG Fraud – or Have They?
Banks Have Been Caught Red-Handed Committing ESG Fraud – or Have They?
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) greenwashing has soared by 70%, with many of the ‘guilty’ firms based in the EU. Yet all may not be as it seems.
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