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Hans Hagen

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I help CEOs at consumer lending companies increase revenues by in excess of 10 Mill EUR per year, by digitizing the business and scaling it with channel and funding partners.

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What kind of partnership do YOU need?

Most businesses have some problem they need to solve at any given point in time. These days, getting stellar growth may be a challenge, and the cost of acquiring a new customer seems to go only one way. Up. Ouch! For others, it may be that the business you set up a few years back is no longer performing as expected, and a change is needed. But you...

24 March 2021 Innovation in Financial Services

Hans Hagen

Can partnerships superboost your consumer lending revenues?

You may have felt it more than ever over the past months. The pandemic makes it harder to grow your revenues, as customers are more concerned about their personal health and well-being than ever before. Your cost to acquire new customers only knows one path, and that is up. Sigh. There’s gotta be another and better way to boost your growth, no? I...

04 February 2021 Personal Finance

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The Amex Paradox as US Credit Card Issuers Crash Land

In a recent article in the New York Times, the major US credit card issuers have put on their safety belts and crash helmets, as they prepare for a major crash landing with their credit card portfolios. Credit card losses are soaring to unprecedented levels as unemployment rises, and cardholders struggle to make ends meet. From credit card write...

11 May 2009

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What did I miss about PayPass cards at Carrefour in France?

Good question re location for contactless. I know supermarket chains are keen to speed up the check-out process. Secondly, contactless may also add some value in self-service check-out lanes.

However, the novelty of contactless for marketing purposes might be as important as speedy check-out.

09 Feb 2009 14:14 Read comment

What did I miss about PayPass cards at Carrefour in France?

Hi Denis,

Actually, I had not noticed. The missing logo is sort of an omen, isn't it? Times are changing fast for national schemes!

30 Jan 2009 21:19 Read comment

Finextra blogger too angry to blog after MS Office let down

Complete agree with your article. I find it absolutely incredible that Microsoft has released products that are not backwards compatible.

But it seems to fit with the Microsoft philosophy. Having purchased a new computer with the Vista operating system and MS Office recently, I am baffled by the number of bugs and the (s)low performance of the system. Although there are quite a number of interesting new features (once you get used to the new interface and can find what you're searching for!), it is not enough to compensate for an incredible number of idiot bugs.

If they built cars like Microsoft build computer software, I believe we might have the solution to traffic congestion and CO2 emissions, as cars wouldn't even be able to leave the garage before breaking down.

When is Microsoft releasing the required patches to provide a stable, bug-free Vista/MS Office suite?

17 Mar 2008 08:52 Read comment

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