Tagged: austria

February 26, 2020 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Trality, an Austrian Fintech startup, has announced a government grant supporting the company as it launches its crypto trading platform. According to Trality, the company has received a 6 figure grant from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Vienna Business Agency. Trality has introduced… Read More

December 19, 2019 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Günther Lindenlaub, COO of the Invesdor Group – a combination of Invesdor (Finland) and Finnest (Austria), has distributed a positive note about the forthcoming year. Lindenlaub states: “alternative financing in the area of ​​equity could also be a possible trend for 2020 for German companies… Read More

November 5, 2019 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences has raised approximately €13.2 million via Finnest, according to a release. Falkensteiner is claiming the amount as a record. The FMTG Group or, “Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group,” is a leading Central European provider and developer of tourism products and services. The… Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Austria-based fintech Bitpanda announced last week it reached its latest milestone by surpasses one million users. As previously reported, Bitpanda claims to be Europe’s leading retail broker for buying and selling Bitcoin, Ethereum, IOTA and other cryptocurrencies. The platform has more than one million users…. Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 4:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Austria-based Insurtech startup bsurance announced this week it has named Fintech startup cashpresso, also from Austria, as a cooperation partner. Through the partnership, the digital insurance solution from bsurance will enable an automatic buyer protection for cashpresso. bsurance reported the insurance product is provided by… Read More

July 3, 2019 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based global payments provider Verrency announced on Wednesday it has appointed Beam Wallet co-founder Shezan Amiji as a new global advisory board member. Verrency reported that prior to Beam Wallet, Amiji founded EcoVentures, a Greenhouse Gas reduction and management firm. While sharing more details about… Read More

June 28, 2019 @ 5:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nordic crowdfunding platform Invesdor announced on Thursday it has completed its merger with Finnest, an Austria based Fintech that provides debt capital to small and medium-sized firms. According to Invesdor, the companies now form Invesdor Group, which is described as a pan-European digital investment and… Read More

June 19, 2019 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The TQSR Group, Austria’s master franchisee of Burger King is raising capital via online marketplace Finnest as opposed to working with traditional banks. Finnest is a crowdfunding platform operating in the DACH region. Not too long ago, Finnest and Invesdor, a leading Nordic crowdfunding platform,… Read More

June 18, 2019 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australian technology company Power Ledger has developed a blockchain-enabled renewable energy trading platform. The company that previously won Sir Richard Branson’s global Extreme Tech Challenge award, has partnered with E-Next to make renewable energy peer-to-peer trading available in Austria for the first time. E-Next, with… Read More

May 9, 2019 @ 7:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard announced on Wednesday it brings Austrian customers Apple Pay through its payment app boon. The platform stated: “With the integration of Apple Pay, Wirecard is delivering on its strategy of consequently driving forward the digitization of… Read More

April 5, 2019 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vienna-based fintech Bitpanda announced on Thursday it received a payment service provider license issued by the Austrian financial market authority (FMA) in accordance with European law (PSD2). Founded in 2014, Bitpanda claims to be Europe’s leading retail broker for buying and selling Bitcoin, Ethereum, IOTA… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder and former chief executive mobile payment Fintech Jumio with defrauding investors. The former CEO of Jumio, Daniel Mattes, has agreed to pay more than $17 million to settle the charges. Mattes is also a “business… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 7:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Finnest, an Austria based Fintech that provides debt capital to small and medium-sized firms, has announced a planned merger with Finland based Invesdor Oy. The newly formed company will see the combination of a leading Nordic equity crowdfunding platform and a top online lender serving… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hit Marshall Islands-registered 1pool Ltd and its CEO and owner Patrick Brunner with a $990,000 penalty for illegally offering retail commodity transactions that were margined in Bitcoin. Additionally, the CFTC sited the failure of the company to register… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 11:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

1Broker, a Marshall Islands-registered company with a CEO based in Austria, has announced it has settled lawsuits filed against it by the US Securities regulators, the SEC and CFTC: “We are pleased to let you know that we settled the two lawsuits without admitting or… Read More

February 11, 2019 @ 8:58 am By Karsten Wenzlaff  |  

The European Parliament Elections are looming in May – and so far, there is no progress in sight regarding the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regime. It remains unclear whether the Romanian Finance Minister TEODOROVICI will make the conclusion of the negotiation process a priority. The… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 9:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The German digital insurance platform Friendsurance, which serves nearly 150,000 customers and works together with 175 insurance companies, now offers its digital bancassurance solutions under the new brand name Friendsurance Business. The expansion was made in  response to the increased demand from banks and insurance… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts and Finnest have closed on an €8.5 million funding round – one of the largest ever for a crowd finance platform. Finnest GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is a Fintech providing crowdfunding services in the DACH region as well as Slovakia and Croatia…. Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 7:13 am By JD Alois  |  

On Tuesday (2 October 2018), Austria will become the first European country to issue a government bond using blockchain technology. The Austrian government is auctioning off €1.15 billion in Bonds using Ethereum to manage the security issuance.  The issuance will be handled by the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB)… Read More

September 27, 2018 @ 6:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an enforcement action today against an Austria based international securities dealer with providing securities swaps funded by Bitcoin. The SEC charges Patrick Brunner, CEO of 1pool Ltd. a/k/a 1Broker – registered in the Marshall Islands, with violations of US… Read More