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Nothing ventured, nothing gained: psychological safety as an art of leadership
How can leaders successfully navigate their teams through turbulent times? A decisive answer to this question lies in an often underestimated aspect of modern leadership: psychological safety.
Unstable markets and transatlantic divergences between the USA and Europe
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.
MiCAR Compass – helping institutions navigate effectively and efficiently through the implementation of MiCAR requirements
What are the MiCAR requirements? How can organizations achieve MiCAR compliance? We introduce the zeb.MiCAR Compass, a framework designed to navigate the complex requirements of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). MiCAR creates EU-wide legal certainty for crypto assets and services.
SXSW 2025: from FOMO to FOMA
The progress and impact of artificial intelligence were the key topics of this year’s SXSW Conference, which ended last weekend in Austin, Texas. Discussions at the conference revolved around technological aspects such as robotics and the integration of AI into biotechnology, as well as the economic and social implications of AI, including the concentration of power and growing inequality.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2024: four key insights for financial institutions in Europe
The future of the capital market will be increasingly digital, efficient and sustainable. The trends and technologies showcased during the 9th Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) week offer banks considerable opportunities, but also – as is so often the case – present them with new challenges.
Bancassurance: success factors for German credit institutions
Many banks and insurance companies are stagnating in the German bancassurance market. What differences exist between successful and less successful collaborations? And what factors decisive for the success of bancassurance cooperations?
Banking goes green: how we help our clients develop sustainable lending products
Green lending products as a strategy for the future: how banks develop sustainable financing solutions to meet the growing needs of their customers and remain competitive
Current challenges and strategies in dealing with non-performing loans
Effectively managing rising default rates in the lending business
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.
Provision of custody and administration of crypto assets on behalf of clients
This article is part 1 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.
Provision of transfer services for crypto assets on behalf of clients
This article is part 2 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.
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.
Advisory services on and portfolio management of crypto assets
This article is part 4 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.
Transmission and execution of crypto asset orders on behalf of clients and exchange of crypto assets
This article is part 5 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.
Operation of a trading platform for crypto assets
This article is part 6 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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Insights and comments on the latest topics in banking
T+1 settlement: how to achieve shorter settlement cycles
Raik Hering, Head of Custody and Cash Services at dwpbank, on the implications of shortening the settlement cycle from T+2 to T+1.
How the QFC is helping to position Qatar as a leading digital assets hub
Interview with Maha Al-Saadi, Head of Regulatory Affairs at QFC, regarding the status quo of digital assets in Qatar, current initiatives and the focus of Qatari digital asset use cases
CFO study: from vision to implementation – AI in the finance division of European banks
An interview with the authors of the CFO Study 2024: How can banks leverage the potential of AI to optimize their processes and achieve measurable success?
Impact of geopolitical risks on the Swiss financial center and its business models
The recently published study “Impact of geopolitical risks on the Swiss financial center and its business models” by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and zeb/zeb.business schoolis the first to carry out a data-driven analysis of the impact of geopolitical changes on the financial center.
Agile leadership in times of change
The key lever for a successful modern organizations is agile leadership. What are the main challenges and what is their impact on leadership?
Alternative asset classes – investing beyond stocks and bonds
Overview of selected alternative asset classes, trends and implications for market participants.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics in the financial services sector
The term “artificial intelligence” refers to technologies that emulate and support human abilities in seeing, hearing, analyzing, deciding and acting.
Asset tokenization: the path towards securities 2.0
What exactly does tokenization mean and how can banks profit from it?
Change management in IT transformation projects – esoteric or indispensable?
What is Change management?
Digital assets – what is it all about? Definition and development of a market that will be worth billions
Which drivers will influence the market environment for digital assets in the future?
Digital euro – definition and benefits
The digital euro is coming. The digital euro’s design will determine how it is going to benefit citizens and banks.
End-to-end organization (E2E)
E2E processes encompass a ready-to-go service delivery concept that covers the entirety of customer needs – at least from their point of view.
ESG – What does ESG mean for the financial sector?
Sustainability is a megatrend that permeates all levels of social life. What impact do ESG (environmental, social and governance) criteria have on banks? – Challenges and opportunities for banks.
Intelligent process automation – what’s that? Definition and development
Intelligent process automation refers to the transformation of business processes that previously could not be automated, because they involved the processing of unstructured data, and therefore had to be performed manually.
Metaverse – What’s in it for financial institutions?
What is the metaverse? What are the use cases for financial institutions and what key factors need to be considered when establishing a presence?
MiCAR unveiled: our comprehensive guide to crypto asset regulation in the EU
An overview of the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation
Travel Rule for digital asset transfers
Digital asset transfers require compliance with the Travel Rule regulations!
What is asset management? Definition + trends
The term “asset management” refers to the financial service of managing assets by means of financial instruments with the aim of increasing the invested assets.
What is Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)?
What is Banking-as-a-Service? Which banks and institutions may benefit from BaaS?
Various types of electronic securities and tokens that are issued using DLT systems
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.
Crypto security
Crypto securities are a new form of issuance for bearer bonds via a DLT-based crypto securities register.
Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency is a digital asset that enables cashless payments independent from any intermediaries or can be used for investment purposes.
Electronic stock
The German Financing for the Future Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz, ZuFinG) enables the DLT-based issuance of electronic stocks.
Non-fungible token (NFT)
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets that can be issued and traded via DLT.
Security tokens
Security tokens are securities that represent a digital twin of an asset.
Components of the DLT infrastructure in our topic glossary
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.
Crypto wallets (wallets)
Wallets allow users to store and manage the cryptographic keys of tokens.
Decentralized application (dApp)
dApps are DLT-based software applications that make smart contracts usable through a GUI.
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.
Distributed ledger technology: How does the DLT work?
Distributed ledger technology (or “DLT” for short) refers to a decentralized database that stores information in blocks that are distributed across a computer network.
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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