Futur/io Institute and Wirecard are launching the ?Innovation for Now? online platform for international markets. Companies find a convenient portal for support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notable successes have already been achieved with numerous innovative aid offers that are intended to help companies in a crisis. The idea also found its first partner abroad: A Swiss offer is launching now.
Companies of all sizes are proving their solidarity for one another in times of crisis. Wirecard and the Futur/io Institute are collaborating to launch the ?Innovation for Now? online platform, other partners such as SAP joined already to support the business community.
The initiative launched the international version at www.innovationfornow.com and quickly met with great interest from different countries.
Chameleo, an agency for business and digital transformation, now holds the partnership for Switzerland (innovationfornow.ch). Support for the swiss platform already generated offers from well-known companies such as Sunrise, SwissCom, ABB or the Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation and FC Basel 1893 came together for the launch. In total, more than 200 promotions are now listed among the international editions. Additional help for companies of all sizes that are affected by the Corona crisis are welcome and can be registered directly on the platform.
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Harald Neidhardt, CEO & curator of Futur/io is pleased about the quick success of the joint initiative: ?As our mission at Futur/io ?Moonshots for Europe? implies, we want to show how quickly companies can break new ground with innovative offers. We are particularly happy about the project?s international interest in these trying times towards a new normal.?
Stefan Schoepfel, Vice President SAP Services is also excited about the collaboration:? We welcome this joint initiative by Futur/io and Wirecard. SAP is happy to make a contribution with the aim of helping companies to master the COVID-19 challenges better. Our offer is aimed at all company sizes and is available for both customers and non-customers. ?
About Innovation for Now
Innovation for Now is an initiative of leading technology companies. Our goal is to support B2B companies by providing a central platform with offerings and services that address the COVID-19 pandemic. www.innovationfornow.com
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About wirecard
Wirecard (GER:WDI) is one of the world?s fastest growing digital platforms in the area of financial commerce. We provide both business customers and consumers with a constantly expanding ecosystem of real-time value-added services built around innovative digital payments by using an integrated B2B2C approach. This ecosystem concentrates on the areas payment and risk, retail and transaction banking, loyalty and couponing, data analytics and conversion rate enhancement in all sales channels (online, mobile, POS). Wirecard operates regulated financial institutions in several key markets and holds issuing and acquiring licenses from all major payment and card networks. Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (DAX and TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060). www.wirecard.com.
About SAP
As the Experience Company powered by the Intelligent Enterprise, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world?s transaction revenue touches an SAPplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want ? without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 440,000 business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people?s lives. www.sap.com.
About Chameleo
Chameleo is a partner on topics related to digitization. We support the transformation of existing business or the establishment of new business models. Chameleo helps its customers create new values. In the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is often a matter of at least maintaining what already exists and – despite all the adversity – being able to further develop your company. We pass on our knowledge and experience to our customers. We see consistent customer focus and the use of innovative technologies as central. Chameleo AG is a subsidiary of Highlight Event & Entertainment AG (HLEE – The Media, Sports & Event Marketing Specialist) and is represented at the Pratteln and Munich locations. www.chameleo.ch
Futur/io is the European institute for exponential technologies and desirable futures. We are a growing network of corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, creative and innovative people who are committed to shaping a desirable and resilient future in difficult times. Influenced by meaningful leadership principles and the sustainability goals of the UN, we jointly promote concrete measures to achieve desirable futures with different perspectives from our ecosystem. www.futur.io