University of the Lower Rhine student honored by local savings bank with an award

University of the Lower Rhine student honored by local savings bank with an award

The annual award presented by Sparkasse Mönchengladbach and Hochschule Niederrhein (HSNR) honours outstanding Bachelor's and Master's theses in banking and finance. Established in 2012, this award aims to recognise and encourage excellent academic work that contributes to understanding and solving challenges in the banking sector, fostering collaboration between science and business.

This year, the award went to Max Müller, a part-time student at HSNR who also works as a bank clerk at Sparkasse Mönchengladbach. Müller's thesis, which focused on the impact of the digital euro on Sparkasse Mönchengladbach, was recognised as exceptional by the Sparkasse and was one of the honoured works in the annual award.

Antonius Bergmann, the chairman of the board for Förderverein Wirtschaftswissenschaften Hochschule Niederrhein e.V., expressed his satisfaction with the collaboration between academia and business, citing Müller's work as an example. Bergmann also expressed gratitude towards Professor Müller for his contributions to this collaboration.

Max Müller expressed his gratitude for the recognition given by Sparkasse Mönchengladbach and HSNR. He chose his thesis topic because it is highly relevant today and will remain significant in the future. Müller's thesis aimed to contribute to understanding the challenges posed by the digital transformation of the financial system, a topic that remains relevant today.

Müller's thesis was presented with a 1,500 Euro prize by Professor Dr. Bernd Müller and Antonius Bergmann, the Chairman of the Board of Sparkasse. Müller is currently working at the Rheindahlen branch of Sparkasse Mönchengladbach.

The Sparkasse award for exceptional theses in economics has been ongoing since 2012. The savings bank has been honoring exceptional Bachelor's and Master's theses related to banking and financial topics since then, with the aim of appreciating meticulous student work that addresses relevant and future-significant topics in banking, such as digital transformation. This collaboration exemplifies the benefit of bridging practical business insights with academic research.

Antonius Bergmann acknowledged the decades of good cooperation between Sparkasse and Professor Müller, highlighting the close partnership between the savings bank and the university’s Faculty of Business Administration and Economics. This partnership not only benefits the students but also contributes to the progress and success of the banking sector.

The Lower Rhine region continues to foster collaborative relationships between education-and-self-development institutions and businesses, as exemplified by the annual award presented by Sparkasse Mönchengladbach and Hochschule Niederrhein (HSNR). Max Müller, a part-time student at HSNR, received this award for his exceptional Master's thesis in banking and finance, which focused on the impact of the digital euro on the finance business, particularly at Sparkasse Mönchengladbach.

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