08
Dec
2016
Last week, a team of product managers, developers and sales reps from our various markets braved the icy November darkness of Helsinki to attend Slush, one of the world’s hottest tech startup events.
This year, 17,000 people, 2,000 start-ups and 800 venture capitalists from more than 120 countries gathered to listen to insights and new business models while networking and sharing with their...
05
Dec
2016
Growth is the name of the game in the Nordics. Just ask our CEO.
You know the saying “all work, no play”? Well, it wasn’t quite all work when top management visited us the other week. Even though our Global CEO Fernando Carro is the boss of nearly 70,000 people, I think he would agree that it is hard to imagine a warmer welcome. Greeted by our cheering staff, a shower of confetti and the...
05
Oct
2016
Wow! Yet another inspirational, personal and insightful Arvato seminar shared with our customers and partners. And as always with these events, our primary aim was to unite, be inspired and be entertained.
At our seminar held on September 29th, the recurring theme throughout the day was Success. This time round, speakers at this annual event were more encouraging than ever. They were brutally...
28
Sep
2016
Two sure signs of autumn in the Norwegian e-commerce market are the DIBS e-Commerce report and Bring’s e-commerce and Bring's retail conference Load. Both cover developments and trends in the e-commerce industry and both gets loads of attention. If you want to be a player, you can’t afford to miss them. But here’s some of the key takeouts just in case.
The latest e-commerce report from...
09
Sep
2016
The first Emeet of the autumn was held on 7 September in Gothenburg in the newly constructed Park49, an office building housing the West Sweden Chamber of Commerce among others.
As always, the e-commerce conference attracted a large gathering of e-tailers of all sizes. During the day, there were opportunities for visitors to hear presentations, to discuss current topics within the word of...
04
Aug
2016
The finalists for the 2016 edition of the Startupbootcamp FinTech acceleration program in London have now been chosen. The selection of these nine innovative companies marks not only the end of intensive months of scouting and searching, but also the beginning of what I hope to be exciting talks over the coming three months.
Third time around
This is the third year that we are partnering...
29
Jun
2016
It's hard to believe we're already in the third year of our partnership with the Startupbootcamp FinTech acceleration program - although they do say that time flies when you're having fun! Without a doubt, the talent we've seen so far has never failed to impress and what's more exciting is that our two most recent scouting events have continued to surpass expectations (you'll read more about some...
27
May
2016
Kristin Reklev
Netthandel.no did a great job arranging their first all-day conference NXT, scoring a full house with 500 participants! Having a great line-up of presenters, they attracted many merchants from a range of web stores, and also some service providers, such as us with AfterPay.
One of the focus areas was the willingness to change as a key component in achieving success in retail and e-commerce....
02
May
2016
“Convenience in every transaction” is the key to our business. As I wrote last month, everything we do starts with the customer, and is based on providing real convenience.
Take payments. We see them as just a seamless part of the customer experience. And that is where our new NFC concept is such a perfect addition to our portfolio of innovative payment solutions.
Near...
28
Apr
2016
In 2015 arvato Financial Solutions became one of the founding partners of the Startupbootcamp FinTech accelerator. It has been great to see how this London-based program works with fintech start-ups, giving them access to world-class industry expertise during an intensive mentoring and investment period.
We also recently took part in two exciting “hackathons,” working with fresh new talent...
