Tagged: germany

March 23, 2023 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-headquartered B2B-focused Buy Now, Pay Later Fintech Mondu is reportedly opening a new office in London and appointing a UK-based professional sales team. The recent UK launch has come on the heels of the firm’s ongoing expansion into the Netherlands as well as Austria, offering… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lano, a Germany-based Fintech that provides global payroll services, is raising growth capital on OurCrowd. At the recent OurCrowd Investor Summit, CI had a chance to chat with founders Markus Schneemann and Aurel Albrecht. The two entrepreneurs shared that Lano currently can provide payroll services… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cashlink, the Frankfurt-based Fintech providing infrastructure for tokenized assets, has closed a Series A funding round in the mid-seven-figure range. New investors on board “include Swiss venture capitalist TX Ventures, as well as Futury Capital, Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen and several business angels.” In addition, existing investors… Read More

March 12, 2023 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Insurtech firms, has announced the appointment of Dr. Günther Blaich as the Country Lead for Germany. Effective immediately, Dr. Blaich will be “responsible for leading wefox Germany and driving the company’s growth and profitability strategy.”… 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

March 6, 2023 @ 1:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finoa are pleased to announce that they received three license approvals from BaFin (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) for crypto custody, crypto brokerage, and proprietary trading of crypto. The licenses mean that Finoa is now “a fully regulated financial institution, and will be able to offer a… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

DZ Bank, a Bafin-regulated financial institution, has chosen Metaco to power its digital asset custody solution. DZ Bank is the central institution of the Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken cooperative financial network. As a central institution, DZ Bank provides various services, particularly asset management services, being one of… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spoke.ai, the AI-powered tool suite founded by early N26 employees, has secured a €2 million pre-seed round. The investment round was “led by byFounders, with participation from Possible Ventures and a syndicate of experienced operators.” The funds will be “used to start onboarding the 500+… 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 17, 2023 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Siemens is one of the first companies in Germany to issue a digital bond, “in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG).” Worth 60 million, it has “a maturity of one year and is underpinned by a public blockchain.” According to… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

T-Systems and Commerzbank have signed a cooperation agreement “for collaboration in the industrial sector.” Together, the two companies are “developing a solution for fully automated supply chains with integrated financial services.” The Telekom subsidiary and the Frankfurt-based bank are “employing technologies such as 5G campus… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iwoca reaches net profitability in Q4 2022 and experiences over 50% increase in the number of small and medium-sized businesses funded across the UK and Germany This comes as iwoca “increases its funding line with Pollen Street Capital from £125m to £170m.” The total number… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2022, EstateGuru reportedly saw €183.0M worth of loans on ther platform (10% less than in 2021), with €11.8M produced in December. Estonia was “the best performing market in terms of volume, in December (€5,3M), and also in 2022 overall (€69.2).” Finland followed “with €2.2M… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hawk AI, Germany’s provider of anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud prevention technology for banks and payment companies, announced $17M in Series B financing “to accelerate product development and global expansion.” The investment round was “led by Sands Capital from Washington D.C., with participation from new… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Insurtechs, has appointed Rene Besenbäck as Head of Sales in Austria, with immediate effect. Rene Besenbäck will be “responsible for delivering sales for wefox Austria and working closely with the Head of Country, Rainer Vogelmann,… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda announced that the successful Austrian-only phase of their partnership with N26, one of the largest digital banks in Continental Europe, has been expanded. N26 customers from Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland will now “be able to invest in a wide range of over… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

January 17, 2023 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FNZ, the global wealth management platform, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fondsdepot Bank, one of the leading independent platforms for trading and custody in Germany. The acquisition represents “a further investment by FNZ in the German market and will bring together the complementary… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qonto has revealed its roadmap for the integration of Penta. Qonto, which claims to be the European market leader in digital financial management for SMEs and freelancers joined forces with Penta, the digital business banking provider for SMEs and freelancers in Germany last summer. The… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goodbye 2022, and hello 2023. The past year was a tough one for many people – a terrible year for the economy with multi-decade high inflation and interest rates chasing it in an attempt to crush rising prices. All markets were impacted, including public markets,… Read More