Tagged: europe

April 4, 2024 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 announced the launch of its Stocks and ETFs trading product in Germany. The company also announced “an increased interest rate of 4% on Instant Savings for N26 Metal customers from April 9th, 2024, as it continues to expand and improve its integrated savings and… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit, the digital asset tax and accounting solutions provider, announced its strategic expansion into Europe in response to rapidly increasing adoption across the European digital asset market. This move follows recent regulatory developments and the increased demand for TaxBit’s tax and accounting compliance solutions. TaxBit… Read More

April 2, 2024 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CaixaBank will be part of two European consortia to prevent cyberthreats and provide a faster and more secure response in the face of potential incidents. Via two projects financed by the European Commission under the scope of the Digital Europe programme, the bank will implement… Read More

March 30, 2024 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is partnering with Adobe Commerce to deliver flexible online and offline payments solutions to global enterprise merchants operating on Adobe Commerce. The payments partnership enables Adobe Commerce customers “to simplify and scale their… Read More

March 30, 2024 @ 10:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

To ensure a “trusted” and secure digital identity for all Europeans, the European Council adopted a new framework for a European digital identity (eID). Mathieu Michel, Belgian Secretary of State for digitization, administrative simplification, privacy protection and the building regulation: The adoption of the European… Read More

March 29, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing “atypical” investments without being authorized to do so The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly updates its black lists of new websites and entities “proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2023 was a challenging year for the Irish FinTech market, with investments and transactions reaching $60.83 million across 11 deals; this was a significant decrease (94 percent) compared to last year, where investments and transactions totaled over $1 billion across 22 deals, according to the… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear and IZNES announce that Euroclear will acquire a stake in IZNES, a pan-European funds marketplace based on blockchain technology. The transaction will be subject “to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial terms will not be disclosed.” Established in 2017, IZNES is a regulated… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NatWest Group has announced a new package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures. Through a new ambition of £5billion of lending (New funding gross of repayments… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank signs a multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). As part of our Forward’ 28 strategy, they are offering customers new digital solutions, more self-service options, and easy and quick access to daily banking needs, while becoming a more efficient bank.” Additional investments… Read More

March 24, 2024 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich Insurance Group has announced the launch of its first European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF 2.01), aimed at providing individual investors and life insurance customers with access to opportunities in the asset class of private debt, “traditionally only available to professional investors.” The Fund is… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 6:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland is warning that ‘money-muling’ – or allowing a bank account to be used to transfer stolen money for a fee – can lead to a criminal record and impact travel or employment prospects. The warning comes as some students “will be planning… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the global financial information provider, and BITA, a provider of indexing technology and services, announced that SIX has made a strategic investment in BITA to strengthen a series of existing joint projects and accelerate the expansion of SIX’s global benchmark platform. Existing BITA shareholders,… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trustly, a global firm focused on innovative payment solutions, announced a partnership with MoneyGram International, Inc., a financial technology company that connects the world’s communities. Through this strategic alliance, MoneyGram introduces cardless payments for millions of its users across Europe. When sending international money transfers… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The British Business Bank has launched its new Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, a £660m fund set to cover the entire North of England. The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II), aims to “build on the success of the initial fund, with the purpose… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has shared its latest Loan Portfolio Overview for the month of February 2024. Estateguru says that they “saw €7.8M in loan repayments in February, with an additional €0.1M from recovered loans.” Estateguru further noted that they “saw €7.8M in loan repayments in February, with… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European investment company specializing in digital assets, announced the completion of its acquisition of Valkyrie Funds LLC, the investment advisory business of Valkyrie Investments Inc., as well as the Sponsor rights to the Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, the physically-backed… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance is raising €50 million for a private credit fund that will support European agricultural small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with tailor-made finance. The funding will be available to finance solutions “to advance the decarbonization of agriculture in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal.” EIF… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer Lithome – repaid investors a €600 000 loan (real estate project “Marijampolės 5”) and paid their investors €57 405 in interest. Today, Gofingo Group repaid PeerBerry investors €200 000 in war-affected loans. These repayments are being “processed on… Read More

March 17, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

N26 has reportedly launched Instant Savings in 13 new markets, offering customers up to 4% interest on deposits. Digital bank N26 recently confirmed in a blog post “the launch of its Instant Savings accounts in a further 13 markets across Europe.” From now onwards, customers… Read More