About us
Finance Forward is the digital finance portal of manager magazin and OMR. We cover fintechs, funds, and family offices, as well as crypto, banks, and private equity. We provide exclusive news, analyses, background research, and interviews.
In our podcast, we talk to the most important figures in the scene. And at the OMR Festival in Hamburg, we bring the most exciting players in the field to the stage.
On stage
Europe’s banks are no longer willing to stand by and watch as American tech giants dominate the payments market. Their response: Wero, a digital wallet modeled after Apple Pay, which aims to become the number one in Europe. Since late 2020, Martina Weimert has been driving this ambitious digital project forward as CEO. But can a European consortium really compete with American wallet providers like PayPal, Apple, and Google? How do you convince millions of consumers to change their habits? And what does it take to regain independence in the payments sector? At the OMR Festival, Martina Weimert will offer candid insights into the project’s current status, the biggest hurdles, and why Europe must act right now.
Our events
SAP, PayPal, Google, Amazon — many of the world’s most valuable companies are also represented at the festival. On the OMR Stock Exchange Tour, Noah talks about the big topics currently shaping these companies: AI disruption, blockchain, and much more.
Stripe, PayPal, Revolut — all of them are working with their own stablecoins. Even German mid-sized companies are already using them in some cases to pay for goods. What use cases are there — and how can I use cryptocurrencies for my own business? Florian Adomeit explains what these use cases could look like in the future and who the key players are.
The AI startup Anthropic is currently putting entire industries on edge with its Claude models. With its product Claude Code, software can be developed much more easily and at a significantly lower cost — and the financial industry in particular is set to be transformed by it. From investment analysis tools to software used by CFOs, nearly everything is likely to change.However, the financial sector is affected differently because it is heavily regulated and the stakes tied to outcomes are often extremely high. What are the underlying dynamics — and who are the key players?
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