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Since 2008, Frankfurt Main Finance has been the financial center initiative of the leading financial center in Germany and the euro zone. Its more than 60 members include the State of Hesse, the cities of Frankfurt and Eschborn, numerous well-known financial market players and their service providers as well as private and public universities.

Gender investment gap: less capital for female startup founders

Member, TOP-NEWS

The study by FMF member Ernst & Young entitled “Gender Investment Gap: Female startup founders receive much less money than men” shows that only 5% of the startups funded in 2023 had all-female founding teams, which received only 2% of the capital. This underlines the urgent need to promote equal opportunities in startup funding.

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Fintech 2023: Development at a glance

FinTech, FinTech, Member, Member, News, News, TOP-NEWS

In 2023, fintech companies recorded a decline of 31% in investments to 113.7 billion dollars, compared to 164.1 billion dollars in the previous year, according to the results of the “KPMG Pulse of Fintech” for the second half of 2023.

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Increased investment in cyber security required

Member, News, TOP-NEWS, Uncategorized

Security is at the heart of innovation: in the face of rising cyber risks, companies around the world are increasing their investments in cybersecurity. Geopolitical uncertainties, regulatory developments and financial losses caused by cyber attacks are driving budgets in the German market by at least 5%.

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Fincite WealthTech Radar 2024

FinTech, Member, News, TOP-NEWS

In the second edition of the WealthTech Radar, 24 market experts provide an in-depth analysis of the most important investment and technology trends in wealth management.

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DVFA Investment Professionals on monetary policy: ECB lets Fed lead the way with interest rate cut

Member, Member, TOP-NEWS, TOP-NEWS

On February 13, 2024, the DVFA Investment Professionals’ assessment was published, indicating that almost two-thirds of them expect the ECB to follow the Fed’s rate cut path at the end of 2024, with the deposit rate at 3.5% or below.

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Offenbach Economic Development presents annual report 2023

Financial Centre, Member, TOP-NEWS

Economic development in Offenbach am Main continues to make progress even in challenging times. The 2023 annual report from the city’s economic development agency shows how progress is being made at the location in concrete terms.

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Not just for FinTechs – start-up scholarship from the state of Hesse

Financial Centre, Member, TOP-NEWS

From 1 February to 1 March 2024, all start-ups in Hesse that are no more than 5 years old can apply for the scholarship push!.

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SSM supervisory priorities 2024–2026

Financial Centre, Member

The European Central Bank recently published its updated supervisory priorities for the years 2024-2026. Our member KPMG has analysed what the priorities mean for banks.

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Artificial intelligence is gaining ground in the digitalisation of accounting – but still holds a lot of potential

AI, Member, TOP-NEWS, Uncategorized

The PwC study “Digitalisation in Finance and Accounting 2023” shows that almost 60 per cent of the companies surveyed are currently driving forward a comprehensive transformation of their finance function. Staff shortages and regulatory requirements are putting increasing pressure on the integration of technologies. Interestingly, just under 20 per cent of respondents stated that they would allow complete data extraction as part of the audit.

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Data centre boom that has been going on for years will continue to grow

Financial Centre, Member

Data centres are booming thanks to cloud giants such as AWS and Microsoft. FMF member BNP Paribas predicts that they will offer the greatest growth potential of any asset class in the coming years. Read more in this article.

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