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Allianz Trade Introduces Services to Enhance B2B E-Commerce Activities

Allianz Trade has reportedly launched Allianz Trade pay, a new range of services fully dedicated to B2B e-commerce activities. Allianz Trade pay is described as “a payment solution with a range of services dedicated to B2B e-commerce activities, including a trade credit insurance protection, a… Read More

Fasanara Capital, Allianz Trade to Support Growth of Fintech Industry

Fasanara Capital, the institutional asset manager, and Allianz Trade, the trade credit insurer, are joining forces to provide up to a $1bn financing boost to the fast-growing global B2B e-commerce sector. Fintech investors are seeking out investment opportunities “in and returns from businesses that are… Read More

Allianz Malaysia Joins Gobi Partners’ SuperSeed II Fund

Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners announced the closing of its $10 million Gobi SuperSeed II (Gobi SSII) Fund “following the participation of Allianz Malaysia Berhad (Allianz Malaysia) as a Limited Partner (LP).” Other LPs backing the Gobi SSII Fund “are institutional investors Malaysia Venture… Read More

Insurtech: Dinghy Now Offering 2 Months Free Insurance for Freelancers Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic

Dinghy, an Insurtech backed by Allianz, is now offering up to 2 months of free professional indemnity insurance until June 14. The program is designed to assist freelancers who are not working and struggling to make ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dinghy is an… Read More

China: WeiyangX Fintech Review

China and South Korea’s Financial Regulatory Agencies Reach Cooperation on Cryptocurrencies and Other Issues According to Chosun’s report last week, Yoo Kwang-yeol, the first senior vice president of the Korea Financial Supervision Service (FSS), recently met with the vice chairman of the China Banking &… Read More

Deutsche Bank Partners With Allianz & Auto1 to Launch Car Financing Platform “Auto1 FinTech”

Deutsche Bank announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Allianz and Auto1 to launch a new fintech called “Auto1 FinTech,” which will offer financing and insurance products to automobile dealerships buying and selling used vehicles via Auto1. The three partners closed the deal last Friday…. Read More

Leading European Online Lender Lendix Receives €32 Million Investment

Lendix, a Paris based online lender that claims to be the number one SME lender in all of continental Europe, has received a new €32 million funding round for its European development. Investors in this round include Idinvest Partners, Allianz France and CIR S.p.A. (a… Read More

China: WeiyangX Fintech Review

Ant Financial and Bank of China Collaborate on Blockchain-based House Leasing Project in Xiong’an New Area On April 20th, Ant’s Xiong’an Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and the Xiong’an branch of Bank of China, signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Xiong’an New Area. In the future,… Read More

Allianz: It’s a Matter of When, Not if, the Bitcoin Bubble will Pop

Global financial firm Allianz recently published a harsh assessment of Bitcoin. Stefan Hofrichter, Head of Global Economics & Strategy at Allianz Global Investors, writing under the category of investment themes and strategies, is of the opinion that Bitcoin is a huge fail. A bubble getting ready… Read More

Startupbootcamp Launches Global Insurance Accelerator Targeting Insurance Industry

In the news again, Startupbootcamp, a European accelerator, today announced the launch of the Startupbootcamp Insurance accelerator program. Based in London, the program invites global startups from across different areas within insurance, including retail insurance, corporate risk management, re-insurance, back-office efficiency and new risk models, to… Read More

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