Founding stories:”Eppertshausen was our Silicon Valley.”back Around 6,000 inhabitants, two small lakes, one elementary school – that is Eppertshausen near Darmstadt. A municipality like many others in Hessen and the place of efcom’s first head office. How did this come about? Martin Hug, one of the founders, lived there at the time. When the four…
Founding stories:An interview with Arnulf Romannback Conducted by Raško Perić, Marketing Manager at efcom gmbh. R. Peric: How can I imagine the development of efcom? Who knew who and how did you get together? A. Romann: Actually, it wasn’t very spectacular. Bodo, Detlev and I worked at the same company in Langen. But…
Background: No way!?#3 “One might think you are a bank!”back Interesting stories often surround the naming of companies. How should they have been called? Were there any alternatives? And if so, which ones? The original idea for the company name also differed a little from today’s name. But then, due to some concerns, it changed…
Background: No way!?#2 “Without badminton, there would be no efcom.”back There are companies whose employees share the same or similar interests, for example a hobby or their passion for a pet etcetera etcetera… At efcom, there is also a connecting element which already played a significant role in the early years: Badminton. Both Arnulf Romann…
Background: No way!?#1″There was always a washing machine nearby.”back The beginnings of Apple took place in a garage. At that time, efcom had already moved on from that taking their first entrepreneurial steps in an apartment. To be exact, in the former apartment of co-founder Arnulf Romann. They met on only 60 sq m in…
efcom celebrates its 20th anniversary:Shaped by reliability. What a time it has been since the founding of our company in the year 2000! From the financial crisis to football world champion, from smartphone to climate debate and from Obama to e-mobility. Since then, the factoring sector in Germany and Europe has changed tremendously. Fintechs are…
So that our clients stay up to date when it comes to factoring:17th efcom symposium at the Eintracht-Arena. renowned contributors delivering fascinating speeches a broad public composed of national and international guests the opportunity to network in an extraordinary location Many “only” know the Commerzbank-Arena because of the home matches of the football club Eintracht…
Big Tech and financial services – an assessment Tech giants such as Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook and Google are starting to increasingly shift their core business to other areas of the value chain. Even though financial services currently account for only around 11%1 of the total sales of selected big tech companies, it is obvious that…
