21X and think tank collaborate
Munich, 08 February 2024 – 21X – a DLT market infrastructure expert for trading of digital assets – and think tank Business Solutions – an internationally active IT and business consulting company with in-house software development – have entered into a partnership to jointly conquer the market for tokenized securities, allowing their customers to undertake digital trading and settlement activities within the strict regulations of the trading venue.
21X will soon bring to market its unique trading and settlement system for digital assets based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) that allows customers for the first time to undertake fully regulated digital trading and settlement activities, according to the European Union’s DLT pilot regime.
As a partner, think tank will offer companies seeking a primary or secondary market listing of digital assets on 21X’s exchange a range of services to ensure they meet all necessary legal, technical and regulatory requirements.
Specifically, think tank will integrate tokenization and custody service providers into 21X’s ecosystem using think tank’s project and consulting services. Additionally, think tank manages the provision and operation of regulatory-compliant IT environments for 21X exchange customers, as well as offering advice on wider business and IT strategy – particularly relating to MaRisk, BAIT and DORA financial services operational resilience regulations.
Max J. Heinzle, founder and CEO of 21X, said: “We recognize that for a company to meet all the necessary national and international regulatory requirements for the listing of digital assets is a significant undertaking. This is why we are pleased that these companies – whether seeking a primary or secondary listing – will be able to work with think tank, our digital services consulting partner, to guide them through all the relevant aspects of a listing. I am sure that this will make bringing digital assets to market a simpler and swifter process.”
Mohamed Chergui, CEO of think tank, added: “We are delighted about the partnership with 21X and look forward to working together with this partner with its unique expertise in DLT based Digital Asset Market Infrastructure to exploit the enormous potential in the area of digital assets & custody across all sectors and further expand our business. With Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff as Head of Digital Assets & Custody, we also have exactly the right person to make this cooperation a success.“
In March 2023, 21X applied for a license to operate a DLT based trading and settlement system in accordance with the European Union’s DLT regime. After the license has been secured, which is hoped for in the next two-three months, 21X will complete the exchange infrastructure to allow customers to undertake digital trading and settlement activities. Together with think tank, 21X will ensure that listing companies meet all regulatory requirements, after which the digital assets will be admitted for trading on 21X, a company acting as a pioneer in a market estimated to be worth as much as 10 percent of global GDP by 2030.
About think tank
think tank Business Solutions AG is a medium-sized company based in Munich with branches in Tunisia and Switzerland. The company has been offering business and IT consulting as well as innovative individual software solutions for the automotive and manufacturing industries as well as the financial sector for decades. It supports its customers in digitising their business processes for better customer centricity. As an expert in digital transformation and innovative technologies, think tank Business Solutions AG also accompanies clients on their path of agile transformation. Another focus of its business activities is information security. In the coming years, the company will increasingly focus on distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain and the tokenisation and safekeeping of digital assets, as well as related application areas for its clients.
Your contact:
Dorothee Schwarz
Marketing & Communication Manager
+49 (0)89 552677-0
dorothee.schwarz@thinktank.de
think tank and FinPlanet set new trends as partners
think tank and FinPlanet set new trends in the financial market as strategic partners
Munich, 23 November 2023. think tank Business Solutions AG, an internationally operating IT consulting company with in-house software development, and FinPlanet GmbH, a strategy consultancy for financial institutions and FinTechs with a focus on building DLT-based capital market infrastructures, are entering into a strategic partnership. The aim of this cooperation is to utilise the complementary service portfolios of the two companies to achieve synergy effects for customers and set new trends on the financial market.
Thanks to its many years of management experience in banks, stock exchanges and FinTechs, the FinPlanet team has extensive expertise in the areas of business strategy, regulation and product and process design in the financial sector. Combined with think tank’s decades of expertise in the development of innovative and forward-looking IT architectures and customised software solutions, this opens up fascinating opportunities for joint collaboration.
think tank and FinPlanet are pooling their extensive expertise to provide players in the financial sector, including banks, asset managers, capital management companies and FinTechs, with a coordinated team of specialists. Together, they strive to comprehensively build scalable DLT-based capital market infrastructures. The tried-and-tested expertise of both companies can significantly reduce the current challenges and risks of regulated DLT-based business models.
Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff, Head of Digital Assets & Custody at think tank: “The partnership with FinPlanet enables us to tackle the challenges of a regulated DLT/blockchain-based business model together. FinPlanet’s many years of expertise in the development of DLT-based business models ideally complements our experience in the development and operation of regulated IT architectures and software solutions in the automotive, manufacturing, banking and capital markets sectors. This enables us to offer innovative and forward-looking solutions with fast and compliant market access.”
Sebastian Liebscher, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at FinPlanet: “We see that our consulting approach is increasingly in demand among large regulated financial institutions, but also among FinTechs. Our clients are asking for experts who have built DLT-based business models themselves. Experience is crucial here and ultimately saves risks and costs. The larger a financial institution is, the greater the reputational risks that can arise if the project is set up incorrectly. In think tank, we have found precisely this expert, whose experience in IT development and IT operations, as demonstrated for example as the validator of SWIAT’s blockchain, is ideally suited to our positioning. In addition, think tank has a very high level of regulatory understanding thanks to its existing customers in the automotive and financial sectors.”
With their cooperation, think tank and FinPlanet want to respond to the current needs of the financial sector and facilitate their customers’ market entry into DLT-based business models with leading specialists from the fields of strategy, regulation and IT.
About think tank
think tank Business Solutions AG is a medium-sized company based in Munich with branches in Tunisia and Switzerland. The company has been offering business and IT consulting as well as innovative individual software solutions for the automotive and manufacturing industries as well as the financial sector for decades. It supports its customers in digitising their business processes for better customer centricity. As an expert in digital transformation and innovative technologies, think tank Business Solutions AG also accompanies clients on their path of agile transformation. Another focus of its business activities is information security. In the coming years, the company will increasingly focus on distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain and the tokenisation and custody of digital assets, as well as related application areas for its clients.
About FinPlanet
FinPlanet GmbH is a Munich-based consulting company specialising in DLT-based capital market infrastructures for the financial sector. FinPlanet supports banks, stock exchanges, asset managers and FinTechs in the development of new DLT-based business models. FinPlanet supports its clients in the development of market entry strategies, the establishment of a target operating model and the subsequent implementation in the context of product-specific and regulatory requirements. In addition, FinPlanet has already supported several licence applications for DLT-based business models. FinPlanet’s team consists exclusively of experts who have already successfully established DLT-based business models for regulated institutions in leading positions.
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think tank Business Solutions AG
Dorothee Schwarz
Marketing & Communication Manager
+49 (0)89 552677-0
FinPlanet GmbH
Sebastian Liebscher
Managing Partner & Co Founder
+49 151 51233415 s.liebscher@finplanet.eu
think tank strengthens team
think tank strengthens team with experts for artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies
Munich, 20 October 2023. think tank Business Solutions AG strengthens its team with Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff as Head of Custody and Digital Assets and Alexander Vocelka as Senior Advisor to offer its clients even more efficient AI and Blockchain solutions.
The goal is to further expand expertise in these areas in order to make existing solutions even more efficient as well as to develop new service offerings that complement the existing portfolio.
Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff has more than 30 years of experience in software development. Since 2016, she has been working on distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain and their potential areas of application. She is a member of the Federal Block, co-lead of the Digital Euro working group and a member of the Finplanet GmbH expert hub.
Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff: “I am looking forward to strengthening the expertise at think tank with my knowledge and, together with my colleagues and our partner network, to offering services that revolutionise the financial market.”
Alexander Vocelka is an international AI expert and renowned thought leader in the fields of digital transformation and solutions for Big Data, Machine Learning and Quantitative Business Modelling. He is also the author of numerous articles and white papers on artificial intelligence and the impact of AI on future socio-economic models.
Alexander Vocelka: “I have known think tank for more than twenty years as a company that flexibly adapts to changing market conditions and always surprises with its innovative approaches. I am sure that together we can achieve a lot with new AI solutions.”
Mohamed Chergui: “It is the combination between the innovative technologies AI and Blockchain that offers us unimagined opportunities to drive our business forward and conquer new markets by helping our customers even better secure their market position.”
By strengthening the team with these experts, think tank Business Solutions AG is following its strategy of using the latest technologies to develop solutions that support the digital transformation of its customers and make them resilient to the ever faster changing market and constantly increasing customer needs.
About think tank
think tank Business Solutions AG is a medium-sized company based in Munich with branches in Tunisia and Switzerland. The company has been offering business and IT consulting as well as innovative individual software solutions for the automotive and manufacturing industries as well as the financial sector for decades. It supports its customers in digitising their business processes for better customer centricity. As an expert in digital transformation and innovative technologies, think tank Business Solutions AG also accompanies clients on their path of agile transformation. Another focus of its business activities is information security. In the coming years, the company will increasingly focus on distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain and the tokenisation and safekeeping of digital assets, as well as related application areas for its clients.
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Dorothee Schwarz
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think tank submits use case for humanitarian aid
think tank submits use case for humanitarian aid
Munich, 18 August 2023 – think tank Business Solutions AG is participating in the Ripple Hackathon with a use case. The solution is a CBCD-based platform that should enable humanitarian organisations to process even the smallest donations easily, securely and without high administrative costs, even offline.
Today’s payment transactions in the field of humanitarian aid are characterised by many intermediaries, which leads to long processing times, high costs, lack of transparency, high risk of fraud and lack of security. This leads to mistrust among investors and donors. In today’s world, donors want to be sure that their aid goes directly to those affected.
The Think Tank solution is based on a Human AID Ripple CBDC platform and CBDCs for humanitarian purposes and supports the respective governments as well as registered aid organisations and private individuals in developing and setting up on- and offline wallets for beneficiaries. In this way, it enables rapid relief in emergency and crisis situations, transparency and traceability of transactions between all parties, while minimising costs and increasing security and trust. By supporting offline payments and offline-enabled wallet solutions, relief funds can also be processed in locations without IT infrastructure.
Wer sich für agiles Arbeiten entscheidet, hat bei den Methoden die Qual der Wahl. Kanban, Scrum oder Lean Management hier ein textlink der Stichwörter, die beim Thema in aller Mund sind. Oft ist es Scrum, wofür sich Verantwortliche entscheiden. Das muss nicht immer zielführend sein.
Mohamed Chergui, CEO of think tank: “We are very excited to participate in the Ripple Hackathon. We chose a use case from the humanitarian aid sector to show how diverse the use of blockchain technology is and to illustrate that it can do much more than be used to generate highly controversial cryptocurrencies.”
By participating in the Ripple Hackathon, think tank Busines Solutions aims to expand its expertise in distributed ledger technologies while contributing to the safe and transparent support of people in emergency situations.
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), unlike a cryptocurrency, is digital central bank money that can be exchanged and traded like normal money. Founded in 2012, Ripple offers blockchain-based financial solutions to its customers. At its CBDC Innovate Hackathon, the company called on fintech companies to submit their own solutions.
More information about the hackathon: https://ripplecbdc.devpost.com/
About think tank
think tank Business Solutions AG is a medium-sized company based in Munich with branches in Tunisia and Switzerland. The company has been offering business and IT consulting as well as innovative individual software solutions for the automotive and manufacturing industries as well as the financial sector for decades. It supports its customers in digitising their business processes for better customer centricity. As an expert in digital transformation and innovative technologies, think tank Business Solutions AG also accompanies clients on their path of agile transformation. Another focus of its business activities is information security. In the coming years, the company will increasingly focus on distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain and the tokenisation and custody of digital assets, as well as related application areas for its clients.
Your contact:
Dorothee Schwarz
Head of Marketing & Communication
+49 (0)89 552677-0
