AI As Startup Catalyst: What It Can And Cannot Deliver
20.02.2024 — AI As Startup Catalyst: What It Can And Cannot Deliver

Role of Life Long Learning in Age of AI
06.02.2024 — Role of Life Long Learning in Age of AI

Disrupting Tomorrow with Spiros Margaris: An Exclusive Glimpse into the Future of Fintech
05.06.2023 — Disrupting Tomorrow with Spiros Margaris: An Exclusive Glimpse into the Future of Fintech

The Coming Democratization Of Financial Services, Thanks To Artificial Intelligence
14.01.2023 — The Coming Democratization Of Financial Services, Thanks To Artificial Intelligence

VCs decipher the recent fintech layoffs and why they're happening now (TechCrunch - Christine Hall)
04.11.2022 — Quoted: VCs decipher the recent fintech layoffs and why they're happening now (TechCrunch - Christine Hall)

Ich habe lange gewartet, bis ich mich entschied, ein aktiv gemanagtes Fintech-Tracker-Zertifikat zu lancieren.
01.12.2022 — Ich habe lange gewartet, bis ich mich entschied, ein aktiv gemanagtes Fintech-Tracker-Zertifikat zu lancieren.

Are fintech’s best days behind it?
27.04.2021 — Are fintech’s best days behind it?

AI and fintech insights with #1 global Fintech influencer, Spiros Margaris
30.11.2020 — Irish Tech News - AI and fintech insights with #1 global Fintech influencer, Spiros Margaris

Taxi Studio Episode 5: Memories with Spiros Margaris
02.12.2020 — Taxi Studio Episode 5: Memories with Spiros Margaris

wefox Group Is Firing On All Cylinders
11.12.2019 — The №1 Insurtech in Europe Only Just Begun to Change the Insurance World. Not that much time has passed since wefox Group (wefox & ONE Insurance), the Berlin-based insurtech, has closed a record $125 million Series B funding round (March 2019). I am very happy to announ...

My Podcast '@spirosmargaris & friends' continues with the great insurtech CEO Oliver Lang of ONE Insurance
27.10.2020 — Spiros Margaris' Podcast with Oliver Lang ONE Insurance

My first podcast interview episode '@spirosmargaris & friends' is with Georgie Smallwood, N26's CPO
18.05.2020 — Spiros Margaris' first podcast interview series '@SpirosMargaris & Friends' with Georgie Smallwood, N26's Chief Product Officer (CPO).

wefox Group – An InsurTech Unicorn in the Making
10.03.2019 — Spiros Margaris: Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures / Senior Advisor to wefox Group. The article was was published on Medium on March 5, 2019 Starting with such a strong unicorn statement will force many readers to ask the obvious question: “Why?” In short, my title der...

Thank you, dreamers
01.01.2018 — Thank you, dreamers, who dream for us, fail for us, and succeed for us. We should be so grateful to the women and men who put everything on the line when they become startup entrepreneurs based on their vision of something special. They often start with a naïve convicti...

We Were Kings or When Fees Went to Zero
21.09.2017 — Published in D!gitalist Magazine and Forbes. The title was inspired by the 1996 documentary “When We Were Kings” about the heavyweight fight of 1974 between two boxing legends, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. In the not-so-distant future, it will also be a fitting phras...

Valuations of Gods and Ants: Der Wert von Banken und Fintechs
29.06.2016 — Published in private banking magazin Deutschland. Es werden viele Merkmale von Fintech-Unternehmen (Finanztechnologie) einerseits und Banken andererseits besonders positiv hervorgehoben und natürlich auch genauso viele schlecht geredet. Dabei werden die jeweiligen Geschä...

Fintech Insights and inspirations with Spiros Margaris
17.12.2015 — Interview with Spiros Margaris by James Doyle of JAMSO. This article originally appeared on JAMSO. In this article we have the great pleasure to ask questions to Spiros Margaris with his unique insights within the world of Fintech and Venture Capital. Spiros is reco...

Why I see a bright future in “Robo+Advisor” (and not in the pure-play Robo-Advisor)
12.10.2015 — Interview with Spiros Margaris by Kevin Moseri. This article originally appeared on KEVIN MOSERI. Last week, I [Kevin] had an insightful interview about the future of robo-advisors with Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris), head of the advisory boutique Margaris Advisory (...

Future of Fintech. A Combination of Barbarella & 2001: A Space Odyssey
29.09.2015 — This article is part of the ‘Think Further’ series sponsored by Fred Alger Management. For more ‘Think Further’ content, please visit www.thinkfurtheralger.com. Published also in Medium. When I was invited by the Fred Alger Management to participate in their creative p...

The Day After
30.06.2015 — Published in Medium. We sometimes delve so deeply into our favourite topic that we often forget to think through all of the relevant consequences. Among my well-known topics and areas of expertise are innovation and the financial technology (fintech) industry, which rep...

Der Tag danach
30.06.2015 — Published in Private Banking Magazin Deutschland. Wir beschäftigen uns tagtäglich mit einem Thema so stark, dass wir oft darüber vergessen, es in seiner Konsequenz fortzuschreiben. Meine bekannten Themen sind Innovation und die FinTech (Finanztechnologie oder Financial...

The FinTech Agent Who Came in from the Cold
11.04.2015 — Published in Huffington Post USA. The FinTech Agent will change many things. One of my previous financial industry innovation proposals, the "FinTech Supermarket," was about the possibility of an open selection of the best fintech partners. In other words, a client offe...

Der FinTech-Agent wird vieles verändern
07.04.2015 — Published in Private Banking Magazin Deutschland and Huffington Post Deutschland. In einem meiner vorherigen Innovationsvorschläge, der „FinTech Supermarket“, ging es um die Möglichkeit der offenen Auswahl der besten FinTech-Partner, um so den Bankkunden das beste Fina...

I still have a vision
18.03.2015 — Published in Huffington Post USA. More fairness between bank and customers. In this article, I will discuss the thoughts, goals, and, ultimately, the vision behind each of my previous innovation proposals. I always start with a wish or goal for a service or business tha...

Ich habe noch immer eine Vision
18.03.2015 — Published in Private Banking Magazin Deutschland, Huffington Post Deutschland and BlickLog Deutschland. In diesem Artikel werde ich nicht über einen Innovations-Vorschlag berichten, sondern über die Gedanken, Ziele und letztendlich die Vision, die hinter jedem meiner b...

Hedge Fund Win-Win Fee Model – Innovative and fair in many respects
05.03.2015 — Published in Huffington Post USA. The innovative Hedge Fund Win-Win Fee Model that I have developed takes a different approach to client fee charges. It creates a more balanced win-win partnership between hedge funds and investors. The hedge fund win-win fee model is no...

Hedgefonds Win-Win-Gebührenmodell – Neu und fairer in jeder Hinsicht
23.02.2015 — Published in Private Banking Magazin Deutschland, Huffington Post Deutschland and BlickLog Deutschland. Das von mir entwickelte innovative „Hedgefonds Win-Win-Gebührenmodell“ (Hedge Fund Win-Win Fee Model) geht einen neuen Weg, einen Weg, der für Kunden Sinn macht...

Missing Steve Jobs. The Vision Time Machine
22.01.2014 — Missing Steve Jobs. The Vision Time Machine

Überzeugung durch Glaubwürdigkeit der Innovations-Initiative
09.02.2015 — Published in BankingHub by zeb and Private Banking Magazin Deutschland. Über das Positionieren im Dschungel aus Corporate Blogs und Social Media Leicht hat sie es momentan wahrlich nicht, die Finanzbranche. In mittlerweile regelmäßigen Abständen warten diverse Aufsichtsb...

The Advisory Boutique: The best big bank service provider yet
16.01.2015 — Published in the Huffington Post USA. It may sound strange to some to imagine an independent advisory boutique company within a large bank. However, precisely in this proposal lies a future business model for major banks. The new Advisory Boutique division within a maj...

Die Advisory Boutique: Optimaler Grossbank-Dienstleister
01.04.2014 — Die Advisory Boutique: Optimaler Grossbank-Dienstleister

Die Bank ist tot, lang lebe die Bank! Supermarkt von FinTech-Partnern
09.12.2014 — Published in the Private Banking Magazin Deutschland, BlickLog Deutschland und Huffington Post Deutschland. Die Bank der Zukunft wird sich von den heute gängigen Strukturen und Geschäftsmodellen stark unterscheiden müssen, falls sie sich im Wettbewerb er...

Supermarket of FinTech Partners
10.12.2014 — The bank of the future will have to be very different from today's common structures and business models if it wants to compete successfully and to satisfy ever-changing customer needs. It will consist of a construct of innovative and independent financial-technology (f...

Ten Principles for Good Wealth Management
06.02.2014 — Ten Principles for Good Wealth Management

Asset Management: Big banks must dare to think the unthinkable
12.11.2014 — Asset Management: Big banks must dare to think the unthinkable November 12, 2014. Published in the Huffington Post USA It is about time the role of asset management, also known as investment management, within big banks be reconsidered. My proposal is a business model for big banks that will ensure a truly independent and conflict-free asset managem...

Asset-Management: Großbanken müssen wagen, das Undenkbare zu denken
07.11.2014 — Published in the Private Banking Magazin Deutschland, Huffington Post Deutschland and Blick Log Deutschland. Die Finanzbranche sollte bestehende Geschäftsgewohnheiten und -methoden immer wieder hinterfragen und gegebenenfalls neu erfinden. Vor allem sollt...

Der Katalysator oder: Wie ich lernte, die Veränderungen zu lieben
19.08.2014 — Der Katalysator oder: Wie ich lernte, die Veränderungen zu lieben

The Catalyst or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Change
12.08.2014 — The Catalyst or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Change

Ich sage nur ein Wort, nur ein einziges Wort: Effizienzbank!
30.09.2014 — Published in the Private Banking Magazin Deutschland, Huffington Post Deutschland and Blick Log Deutschland. Mr. McGuire: lch sag dir nur ein Wort,
nur ein einziges Wort. Benjamin: Ja, Sir?
 Mr. McGuire: Hörst du zu? Benjamin: Ja, ich höre zu. Mr. McGui...

I just say one word - just one word: Efficient-Banking
30.09.2014 — Published in the Huffington Post USA. Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you - just one word.
 Benjamin: Yes sir.
 Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
 Benjamin: Yes I am.
 Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
 Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in...