According to a survey conducted by Accenture, 88% of banks believe that ecosystems will change the bank-customer relationship in the future and that ecosystem-related initiatives will be the main driver of future value creation in the banking industry.

Tourism economy was heavily hit by COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, paralysing the development of meeting, event and trade fair industries in the Czech Republic. According to the latest Economic Impact study conducted for the CzechTourism agency and the Czech Event Association in summer 2020, a total drop by more than 71% in consumption associated with holding events can be expected, according to the Prague Convention Bureau (PCB).

Industrial production and foreign trade continued to recover rapidly in July. Compared with last year, industrial production was still lower, but it is wiping out its losses faster than expected. The situation in the automotive industry has improved significantly, when production there fell just 0.7% yoy. The surplus in the balance of motor vehicles was even CZK 6.1 billion higher yoy. Among the published data, the construction was an outsider, falling more than 10% yoy.

Mathematics doesn't have to be scary. One way to make it more enjoyable for teenagers is the Mathman application. In a game designed by Jan Maloušek, a student of Brno University of Technology, the players have to help a superhero defeat monsters - by solving several tasks. With his application, Maloušek caught the jury's of the T-Mobile Rozjezdy competition attention and won one of this year's awards in the regional round in the South Moravian Region. The T-Mobile Rozjezdy competition helps start-up entrepreneurs.