Tagged: europe

January 4, 2023 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solaris, which claims to be Europe’s “leading” embedded finance platform, announced changes to its management board. This move is linked to Solaris‘ new target operating model “following a corporate strategy update and the recently communicated CEO succession.” Carsten Höltkemeyer, who took office as CEO designate… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), the Portuguese state-owned banking corporation, and the largest bank in Portugal, has chosen “to implement regulatory reporting software from Wolters Kluwer Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR).” OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting “combines bank data into a single source of data… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When conducting business overseas, companies of all sizes can be hampered by slow payment times, high costs and limited transfer options, according to an update from Paysend. However, these barriers are “particularly cumbersome for SMEs, which have fewer resources in terms of workforce and cash… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TapTop, which is reportedly led by ex-Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse & PayPal, and is aiming to build “an American Express with cryptocurrency,” has raised 106% (£85,143) of its£80,003 target from 96 investors (at the time of writing) with 9 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign,… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iKVA (formerly Kvasir), an AI knowledge management company which seeks to enable businesses to make better decisions, has secured 64% (£441,800) of its £680,000 target (at the time of writing) from 178 investors with 8 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out via… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 recently announced changes to its leadership organization. Effective immediately, N26 co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal will “take over the role of Chief Operating Officer, while retaining his role as Managing Director of N26 Bank AG.” N26 and Jan Kemper have jointly “agreed that he will step… Read More

December 31, 2022 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bondora notes that they aim to keep their portfolio in “top shape’ and generate continuous positive returns for investors. That’s why they’ve sold yet another batch of old defaulted loans in Estonia. However, the system update after this sale “caused a temporary reporting hitch that… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enfuce, the Finnish cloud-native issuing and processing pioneer, has announced the launch of a pilot project with social enterprise Welcome.Place, Finnish mobile payments provider for employment benefits Epassi, and digital payments giant Visa in order “to distribute prepaid payment cards to refugees arriving in France.”… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru reports that in November 2022, the Estonian market “produced €5.4M worth of loans, followed by Lithuania with €3,2M and Finland with €2.1M.” In November of this year, the total financed amount “was €13.2M.” EstateGuru’s core markets “performed as expected, despite the holiday season having… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of November has passed under the Triple Dragon birthday anniversary sign – with many offers from Debitum‘s Loan Originators and increased activity from the investors’ side. On the 1st of December 2022, Debitum Asset-Backed Security offer “was 11, TRIPLE DRAGON had 25 underlying… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockforia.com, a Bulgarian cryptocurrency exchange, is announcing the go-live of its platform  as 2022 comes to an end. The company reports that it will first begin “accepting customers in selected EU jurisdictions, while further expansion is expected to continue in 2023.” Whilst expanding its global… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry moves to the new year with a “solid” portfolio – the current portfolio of investments in the platform “exceeded EUR 100 million.” This year, PeerBerry’s investors have already “funded over EUR 500 million of loans listed on the platform.” On average, PeerBerry investors “invest… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are few things more vital to get right than renting, according to an update from UK-based Fintech firm Modulr. Whether it’s a landlord, letting agency or tenant, it “involves an enormous amount of money and the emotional weight of roofs over people’s heads.” Modulr… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fagura, which aims to build the first digital bank in CEE “for anyone to borrow, invest and transfer money easily,” has secured 186% (€747,076) of its €400,006 target (at the time of writing) via Seedrs from 268 investors, with the crowdfunding campaign closing soon. Located… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Landbay notes that 2022 started with rising inflation and the Bank of England base rate “followed suit with interest rate increases.” That scenario has “continued throughout the year with steeper rises than many had predicted.” Inflation is “at a 40-year high of… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cloudworkz, a B2B, subscription based platform that provides SMEs with in demand human capital, digital marketing and business services, has raised 150% (£827,280.64) of its £550,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing) from 138 investors with 16 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding… Read More

December 24, 2022 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest funding comes from the bank’s largest investor and will be “used to increase loan book and develop new products for SMEs.” Digital SME lender and savings provider Recognise Bank has conditionally “raised a further £25 million in investment from its group’s largest shareholder.”… Read More

December 24, 2022 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Mintos Risk Score updates based on developments and data from the third quarter of 2022 are now live on Mintos. All details can be found “on the Mintos Risk Score Updates page.” An overview of historical changes in the Mintos Risk Score through… Read More

December 23, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today announced the appointment of Vikesh Patel as President of Cboe Clear Europe, its pan-European clearing house. Patel will join the company in early 2023, “subject to regulatory approval.” Patel… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2022 has been a “meaningful” year for Coinbase’s (NASDAQ:COIN) international expansion, and before they draw it to a close, they want to share some additional updates. Coinbase has been “granted approval by the Central Bank of Ireland to operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider… Read More