Tagged: europe

December 13, 2020 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-headquartered F10 Fintech Incubator and Accelerator has reportedly added several different insurance APIs from Baloise, a Swiss insurance holding firm. The APIs are now a part of the F10 Fintech Sandbox. This development aims to support Open Insurance services in the European country. Last year,… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Etops AG, a banking service and software firm, has reportedly acquired a 100% stake in Evolute AG, which provides wealth management solutions. After the integration process has been completed, the merged firm (called Etops) will be managed by Etops CEO Pius Stucki. Pius Stucki, CEO… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 8:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued “Three Wise Warnings” for the nation’s consumers. The financial regulator has cautioned that customers should look out for loan fee fraud this Christmas or holiday season. The FCA notes that if you’ve been asked to pay some… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped consumer mentality and habits, especially as it relates to people’s financial needs. But it remains unclear what new habits born out of necessity are here to stay and what will vanish as the pandemic grinds to an eventual halt. We recently… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global money transfer service Azimo has teamed up with payments focused Fintech firm dLocal in order to allow migrant workers based in Europe and Australia to send funds to almost any bank in Colombia, which reportedly includes Banco de Bogota, Banco de Occidente, and Davivienda…. Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Solactive, a Germany-based technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry, announced on Thursday it received a €50 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners. Founded in 2007, Solactive states it focuses on tailor-made indices across all… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom has maintained its status as a major global Fintech hub. But will the country be able to capture a significant share of the world’s financial technology business after Brexit and can it retain its dominant status despite the challenges created by the… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although digital banking challengers have managed to onboard millions of new customers during the past few years, they’re still not completely trusted by UK-based consumers. Most of the nation’s residents don’t think that these new digital lenders will be able to maintain operations in the… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 7:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prominent digital bank Revolut, which was last valued at around $5.5 billion, has reportedly managed to break even for the month of November 2020. Fintech Unicorn Revolut’s revenues had dropped as much as 40% when awareness about the Coronavirus pandemic began to spread back in… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Snowdrop Solutions Ltd. has teamed up with digital payments giant Visa in order to offer innovative location-enriched services to banking institutions and other financial services providers based in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Through the partnership, both companies aim to allow millions of consumers to… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A new study has found that SMEs are now using Open Banking solutions a lot more frequently than before the pandemic began. Approximately half of the SMEs that took part in a recent survey claim they’re now using Open Banking services providers, according to research… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Connect recently published the findings of a survey involving over 100 financial technology professionals. The survey reveals the sector’s Fintech-related predictions for next year. Most professionals (61%) expect digital payments to experience the most growth compared to all other Fintech industry segments. Almost half… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LocalBitcoins, a global peer to peer (P2P) Bitcoin exchange, notes that its platform allows users to invest in BTC which is notably one of the best-performing assets of 2020. The LocalBitcoins team confirms in a blog post: “According to our data, our main markets are… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payaut, an Amsterdam-based fintech, has raised €2.6 million through its seed funding round, which was led by LocalGlobe with participation from Finch Capital and Entrée Capital. Founded in 2019, Payaut offers any online marketplace a PSP agnostic solution that enables the platform to be… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Portugal’s Fintech sector continues to experience steady growth and development. It has matured considerably this year with several key developments such as the formation of a Fintech hub (or Fintech House) along with the introduction of a framework for a financial technology regulatory sandbox program…. Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance, the financial services division of Swiss Post, and CoCoNet, a Germany-headquartered digital banking service provider, are teaming up to launch a cash management platform for corporate clients. The new solution will aim to provide various cash management services to PostFinance‘s corporate customers, which includes… Read More

December 5, 2020 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink (LINK), a “decentralized” Oracle network that securely connects various blockchain-based smart contracts with data from “the real world,” has announced that it has awarded a grant to Anyblock Analytics, a Germany-based infrastructure provider and development “shop” for blockchain-powered solutions. According to a blog post… Read More

December 4, 2020 @ 10:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Worldline, (Euronext: WLN) a European payments and transactional services firm, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Finland-based fintech P3 Financial Group. According to Worldline, the duo will make P3’s Payment System as a Service (PSAAS) operational in a total of 13… Read More

December 4, 2020 @ 5:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lee Birkett, founder of UK-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender JustUs, has noted that he doesn’t think demand for his platform’s Small Business Interruption Loan Service (SBILS) will increase to greater levels until the UK government support schemes have ended. JustUs had introduced SBILS to offer financing… Read More

December 4, 2020 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

John Goodall, CEO at Landbay, a UK-based digital buy-to-let finance platform, has noted that the property market may have benefited from the stamp duty holiday. Goodall, an Imperial College London and Durham University graduate, says that he won’t be too surprised if the tax break… Read More