A point-of-sale for credit cards symbolizing the developments in the digital payment industry of 2019

2019: The Year in Payments

Matthias Gall, co-founder of trimplement
Matthias Gall looks back on the developments in payments of 2019

When I sat down to write my article on innovation in fintech and payments last year, I was a little disappointed about what I saw in Europe, as you can probably tell from the article. I decided to look somewhere else instead and found more innovation on the African continent.

This year, though, things are looking a bit different: pressure to innovate keeps rising in Europe. When it comes to payments in Europe, there might be light at the end of the tunnel.

Let’s start with one theme that manifested itself throughout the last couple of years.

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Fintech 2018, a look back, written next to a sparkler

Our 2018 Fintech Review – A Look Back

The new year 2019 is still young, but the old year’s legacy can still be felt. So a fintech end-of-year review is in order, as 2018 had many opportunities to make an impact.

365 days, to be exact, during which the fintech industry came up with unforeseen novelties and thrilling developments: The online payment, cryptocurrency, and digital finance sectors presented themselves as versatile and volatile. There is much to look at in our fintech retrospective, from the cryptocurrency decline to the new challenges and changes in mobile payment.

So let’s approach this giant of a year from different angles. We asked the three trimplement co-founders, what kept them occupied in 2018 in different areas of fintech.

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