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Strategic HR planning: from reaction to taking action

How can strategic HR planning shift from reacting to shaping?

Demographic shifts, increasing attrition and changing skill requirements: these challenges are becoming ever more apparent in the HR departments of savings and cooperative banks. Without strategic planning today, institutions risk being operationally overwhelmed tomorrow!
Matthias Kröner, CEO of the Mogaland Academy

From games to gains: a new era of financial literacy for the digital generation

In this interview, Matthias Kröner, Managing Director of the Mogaland Academy, explains how Web3, AI and gamification can help financial institutions embed education, foster engagement and build trust.
Absract image of banking products as a metaphor for migrant banking: banking products and services for a diverse customer group

Migrant banking: banking products and services for a diverse customer group

While banks pursue the same affluent domestic customers, they leave billions on the table by overlooking Europe's fastest-growing customer segment.

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zeb.market.flash #51, Q4 2024: Trump’s tariff policy, a historic borrowing package for defense and infrastructure in Germany – the current issue focuses on the latest major political developments in Germany and the world.

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Expansion of taxonomy reporting
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Expansion of taxonomy reporting

What changes will the new EU taxonomy reporting templates in 2025 bring? Overview: reporting template 6 for fees and commissions income + reporting template 7 for the trading book.

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The Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) represents a significant step forward in the regulation of the European crypto market, establishing for the first time clear and consistent rules for dealing with crypto assets and related services.

crypto coins as metaphor for the placement of crypto assets

Placement of crypto assets

This article is part 3 of the BankingHub topic glossary “A brief guide to digital asset services”. The glossary entries on digital assets explain how digital asset services work and how they are regulated.

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Various types of electronic securities and tokens that are issued using DLT systems

Cash dollar bill and design with waves and bars as metaphor for crypto fund unit

Crypto fund unit

A crypto fund unit is a share in investment funds or in individual share classes of an investment fund that is registered in a crypto securities register. The German Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz zur Einführung von elektronischen Wertpapieren, eWpG) also extends to electronic investment funds share certificates, which can thereby also be held in a central register.

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Cryptocurrency

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset that enables cashless payments independent from any intermediaries or can be used for investment purposes.

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Components of the DLT infrastructure in our topic glossary

Speed light tunnel as metaphor for Crypto securities register

Crypto securities register

A crypto securities register is a register based on DLT technology for electronic securities as defined in the German Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG). The Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) created a new financial service referred to as crypto securities registrar services.

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Digital generated image as metaphor for Decentralized finance (DeFi

Decentralized finance

Decentralized finance describes decentralized systems that use software protocols to enable financial transactions between users without the involvement of financial intermediaries such as banks.

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Isometric digital signature concept as metaphor for smart contracts

Smart Contracts

Smart contracts are contracts implemented using DLT systems that automatically execute transactions when certain triggers occur, enabling digital transaction processing.

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