Impact And Effects Of Innovations In The Financial Industry In Germany

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Warwick (Warwick Manufacturing Group), language: English, abstract: The internet and digitalization tremendously affected many economic sectors, and both take increasingly influence over the financial services industry in Germany. New founded start-up companies, so-called FinTechs, connect innovative technologies with financial products and services and attack established players of the financial industry. While the Fintech industry constitutes a new dynamic and short-living market environment, the innovative strengths of new market entrants put pressure on financial service companies and banks in Germany. To assess the importance and impact of FinTechs on the financial industry and economy in Germany, a comprehensive amount of data including market size and market structure is needed. Particularly against the background of associated chances and risks of growing FinTech industry, an examination of the market size and impact is of tremendous importance to examine the innovative potential of FinTech business models. Low interest rates and risky business models in the aftermath of the financial crisis proved a lack of innovative thinking of banks and financial service companies in Germany. Indeed, FinTechs tend to have a stronger focus on customer needs thus closing existing market gaps better than traditional banks. Undoubtedly, this observation manifests in corporate finance when traditional banks neglect small and medium enterprises as potential clients. Particularly in market niches, FinTechs establish digital marketplaces connecting customers and facilitating the consumption of core banking products and services. Recently, the European Union announced that existing market entry barriers for FinTech start-ups would be dispelled. After the enacting of Basel II and Basel III Schindele and Szczesny (2015) analyse that core banking activities such as e. g. credit lending for small and medium enterprises became less profitable and partly even unprofitable for banks. While Dorfleitner and Hornuf (2016) confirm that notion, they highlight that the promotion of FinTech start-ups is constrained with risks but to judge the chances and risks of collaborations between FinTechs and established banks. Indeed, sufficient research is required to investigate the FinTech market in Germany and to examine how financial innovations and digitalization can help incumbents.

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Warwick (Warwick Manufacturing Group), language: English, abstract: The internet and digitalization tremendously affected many economic sectors, and both take increasingly influence over the financial services industry in Germany. New founded start-up companies, so-called FinTechs, connect innovative technologies with financial products and services and attack established players of the financial industry. While the Fintech industry constitutes a new dynamic and short-living market environment, the innovative strengths of new market entrants put pressure on financial service companies and banks in Germany. To assess the importance and impact of FinTechs on the financial industry and economy in Germany, a comprehensive amount of data including market size and market structure is needed. Particularly against the background of associated chances and risks of growing FinTech industry, an examination of the market size and impact is of tremendous importance to examine the innovative potential of FinTech business models. Low interest rates and risky business models in the aftermath of the financial crisis proved a lack of innovative thinking of banks and financial service companies in Germany. Indeed, FinTechs tend to have a stronger focus on customer needs thus closing existing market gaps better than traditional banks. Undoubtedly, this observation manifests in corporate finance when traditional banks neglect small and medium enterprises as potential clients. Particularly in market niches, FinTechs establish digital marketplaces connecting customers and facilitating the consumption of core banking products and services. Recently, the European Union announced that existing market entry barriers for FinTech start-ups would be dispelled. After the enacting of Basel II and Basel III Schindele and Szczesny (2015) analyse that core banking activities such a

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1.3, Technical University of Munich (School of Management), course: Innovation and Business Creation, language: English, abstract: The impact of the financial crisis was a challenge for international and German banks and a test for the robustness of their business models. The consequences were stricter financial regulations introduced by Basel III and banks were forced to reduce proprietary trading and to refocus on traditional core banking business. Today supervisory authorities require sufficient and appropriate risk management systems to ensure financial stability and thus the internal operational complexity has increased and generates additional costs. In the aftermath of the financial crisis some banks are still struggling to regain competitiveness in combination with diminishing margins. In particular those banks are challenged with high dependency from interest income by deposit-financed retail banking business. In recent years financial technology companies, commonly known as FinTech, gained more importance in the financial industry and challenge banks and established business models. Digitisation is advancing in all industries and the music and media industry has already experienced a painful transformation process and a similar development is expected as well for the financial industry. Depending on how revolutionary the technological innovation is the more intense will be the impact on business models and in consequence fast adaptability is essential. The level of activity within FinTech is enormous at the moment in Germany and over one hundred new companies were launched in 2014. As a consequence digital business models are analysed with respect to core competences and how FinTech generates benefits for customers by improving the value with innovative digital solutions.

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Green and Social Economy Finance is a compilation of chapters by experts, linking research and practice. This anthology provides a new thinking on social economy green finance, showing emerging themes and trends. It spans from stock markets, green finance, innovations, digitalization to social finance, governance and theories of change. It concentrates on impact, opportunity recognition and development of financial products designed to finance the green and social economy. Without the attraction of capital, social entrepreneurship, and innovations, green finance can face difficulty in addressing business solutions. Green and social economy is a nascent field. The authors address the conceptualization of green and social solutions and identify new trends in the finance industry products and approaches. The book demonstrates that aligning finance and investment with the Paris Agreement, sustainable development goals and needs and interests of society are feasible.

Empirical and theoretical evidence on the German service sector is inversely related to its growing overall importance for the entire economy. This monograph offers a comprehensive theory-based econometric treatment of three important and severely understudied issues related to services: innovative activity, the effects of innovation on the demand for labour, and the performance of newly founded firms. In addition, the book contains detailed descriptive statistics on innovative activity, skill mix as well as on growth and current economic importance. It offers researchers, policy makers, and practitioners a unique opportunity to gain knowledge on the new German service economy.