Tagged: berlin

September 8, 2023 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based fintech Upvest is set to provide Plum, the smart money app, with its investment API, enabling Plum to expand its range of investment opportunities to EU customers. Plum currently offers 3,000 US stocks to EU customers. Following this partnership, Plum will have the functionality… Read More

August 27, 2023 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anytype – the peer-to-peer web builder designed to “restore our digital freedoms and put the power of our digital lives back in our hands” – is announcing it has raised a $13.4 million round led by Balderton Capital. Inflection and Square One also “participated, as… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Shojin has teamed up with LINUS as well as Reinvest24 in order to expand various real estate opportunities. Shojin, a UK-headquartered FCA-regulated investment platform, has announced its partnership with LINUS Digital Finance, a Berlin-based real estate investment platform, and Reinvest24, an Estonia-based real… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2020, Silvr‘s mission is to make financing more accessible to SMEs. Silvr claims that it has rapidly become a European leader in short-term lending due “to its technology and innovative data processing tools.” This new securitized facility will “increase Silvr’s financing capacity., which… Read More

June 27, 2023 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The final phase of a multi-stage process is now complete, and online savings platform SaveBetter has officially rebranded as Raisin. This change comes as the Berlin-headquartered Fintech platform “streamlines its identity across all markets to capitalize on brand awareness.” Globally, Raisin operates “as a free… Read More

June 11, 2023 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shares, Europe’s community-powered investment app, chooses Upvest, the Berlin-based infrastructure fintech, “to expand its investment product offering and geographical presence.” Following its successful launch and rapid growth in the UK, Shares will “bring its social investment experience to the European stage through Upvest’s Investment-API.” For… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 12:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After 9 years at the company, N26’s Chief Growth Officer, Alexander Weber, will be leaving his role at the end of June “to pursue his own entrepreneurial journey.” Having joined N26 in 2014 as one of its first team members, Alexander has “been an important… Read More

June 4, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, N26 announced the appointment of international regulatory compliance and governance professional Déborah Carlson-Burkart to its Group Supervisory Board. Déborah will reportedly work closely “with existing board members Marcus W. Mosen, Jörg Gerbig, Dr. Barbara Roth and Dr. Julian Deutz, as well as… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital bank N26 announced the launch of its new N26 Instant Savings account in Spain, offering eligible customers “with a Spanish IBAN 2.26% AER (2,26% NIR) on deposits with no conditions of permanence, no minimum deposit amounts required, no additional fees, and no need… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based Fintech Raisin has appointed Cetin Duransoy as the new CEO of Raisin US, effective 1 May 2023. Cetin Duransoy reportedly “brings over 20 years of experience, having served in senior positions at companies including Capital One and Visa.” Before joining, Cetin served “as president… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Berlin-based Fintech Raisin has raised €60 million in a series E funding round, from existing and new investors. The global savings and investment specialist recently “exceeded 1 million customers, for which a total of €850 million in interest has been generated since founding the… Read More

March 6, 2023 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based infrastructure fintech Upvest supports the mobile banking and investment app Vivid with its Investment-API, “enabling Vivid to expand its range of investment opportunities for private investors.” Upvest’s API solution allows Vivid’s end-customers “to invest in European ETFs and stocks with all relevant shareholder rights… Read More

February 21, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based Pliant claims it is looking back at a very successful year 2022. While entering seven additional European markets, it also “recorded a sixfold growth of its customer portfolio.” With the closing of this Series A investment round, the company is “now setting itself up… Read More

February 5, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Dr. Torsten Stüber, Co-Founder and CTO at Berlin-based Pendulum, an initiative focused on traditional finance infrastructure blockchain solutions, which is “the missing link between fiat and DeFi.” Pendulum is an open-source blockchain built on the “proven” Parity Substrate framework, establishing… Read More

November 26, 2022 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” embedded finance platform, published a new report on the evolution of embedded finance. The study, conducted in cooperation with the Handelsblatt Research Institute, “analyzes the market potential for the mobility sector in the four largest European markets of… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26, The Mobile Bank, announced the appointment of its new group Supervisory Board “as it continues to evolve its governance structures in preparation for the next stages of development.” The latest appointments “will see Marcus W. Mosen, Jörg Gerbig, Dr. Barbara Roth, Dr. Julian Deutz… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Embedded finance integrator AAZZUR and alternative asset manager Channel Capital have formed “an embedded lending partnership.” The multi-faceted partnership will “see AAZZUR supporting Channel’s digital SME lending strategy.” Channel has invested significantly in “developing proprietary systems using APIs, Open Banking and cloud-based technologies to provide… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuri was founded in 2015 under the name Bitwala with the purpose “to make Bitcoin spendable.” Over the years, the business has “gone through several transformations and re-positionings, ups and downs,” until it has become Nuri, the bank account “to grow your money.” The team’s… Read More

October 2, 2022 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ADAC Finanzdienste GmbH and Solarisbank AG will cooperate on the ADAC credit card program in the future. Solaris will “replace Landesbank Berlin (LBB) as co-branding partner for the ADAC credit card in the second half of 2023.” Until then, the partnership with LBB “will continue.”… Read More

September 29, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grover, the consumer-tech subscription platform, has finalized a new €270 million debt financing facility with M&G, the international asset manager. With the fresh capital, Grover will “expand its product inventory to serve rising demand from customers in existing markets such as Germany, Spain, Netherlands, and… Read More