Tagged: germany

July 16, 2022 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investing money and paying with the investment at any time, “free of charge?” It is now possible, according to an update shared with CI. Berlin-based startup, UnitPlus, has launched (what it claims to be) the world’s first ETF investment product “with a seamlessly integrated payment… Read More

July 14, 2022 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

RIDE Capital has raised €3 million tobe come a digital privat3e bank. The funding was led by Lea-Sophie Cramer, Verena Pausder, and angel investor and professional football player Mario Götze.  RIDE reports that it has raised a total of €8 million since its foundation. RIDE… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finnish Card-as-a-Service Fintech Enfuce is reportedly set to launch operations in the United Kingdom after finalizing a €45 million round back in December 2021. Established by co-CEOs Monika Liikamaa and Denise Johansson, Enfuce recently expanded its international presence in Germany and France and currently claims… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

wefox, a Germany-based Insurtech, has raised $400 million in a Series D funding round that gave the firm a $4.5 billion “post money” valuation, according to a statement by the company. The funding was in both debt and equity. The company did not share the… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a securities crowdfunding platform serving Europe, is raising growth capital for itself. Invesdor is actually the combination of multiple platforms: Invesdor, plus Finnest (Austria) and Kapilendo (Germany). The trio combined under a single banner selecting Invesdor as its brand. According to an email, on… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Last year, October had carried out a survey among their community of lenders in order to gain insights into the topics they were “eager to learn more about.” One topic came back repeatedly: their platform statistics. To answer your questions related to stats, October is… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, and the Federal Minister of Justice, Dr.Marco Buschmann, announced regulatory and policy changes designed to boost entrepreneurship, access to capital, and embrace the digitization of finance with digital securities – or security tokens. The Financing Act. Das… Read More

June 26, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surecomp recently announced that two financial institutions have subscribed to its newly launched RIVO platform “for collaborative trade finance.” DZ Bank is the first bank “to sign-up, alongside the leading provider of guarantee insurance in the Nordics.” Frankfurt-based DZ BANK – which also acts as… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Frankfurt-based Raisin Bank AG is expanding its business to include payments. To this end, the Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider is “acquiring the payment services division of Bankhaus August Lenz & Co. AG.” With the acquisition, Raisin Bank will “expand its product range by payment services and… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, the first firm to issue a security token in Germany approved by regulators, has announced a new feature to its tokenization tool that incorporates a “crowdsale feature.’ Announced earlier this year, the publicly available service may be utilized to create tokens on Ethereum, Polygon,… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender EstateGuru notes that their investors backed nearly €20.0 million worth of loans in May of 2022. The “best-performing” market was Estonia (€7.0M), “followed by Lithuania (€5.0M) and Finland (€3.6M).” As EstateGuru predicted last month, repayments “improved during May.” Their borrowers “paid back €14.6M… Read More

June 17, 2022 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based infrastructure Fintech Upvest announced the closing of a $42 million Series B round – “one of the largest German Fintech funding rounds in 2022.” Bessemer Venture Partners is leading the Series B “with Earlybird and ABN AMRO Ventures doubling down as previous investors and… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), the digital insurance firm “powered by social impact,” recently announced the launch of Lemonade Car in Ohio. The Buckeye state “marks the third state to feature availability of Lemonade’s newest environment-friendly product.” With an increasing presence of electric vehicle infrastructure and growing startup… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, the Berlin-headquartered digital insurance firm, has appointed Hanna Jacobsson to the Board. Jacobsson will be serving as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Julian Teicke, CEO and Founder of wefox stated: “As we continue to double our revenues and maintain our focus on growth… Read More

June 11, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

creditshelf, an online lender providing access to capital for SMEs in Germany, has boosted its forward guidance slightly. Last quarter, creditshelf reported a 10% increase in lending volume and revenue growth of 43% or € 2,366,000 in the first quarter of 2022 vs the prior-year… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a securities crowdfunding platform based in Estonia but offering services across Europe, has joined the establishment Association of German Credit Platforms (Verband deutscher Kreditplattformen or VdK) as a full member.  While not the first Fintech to join the Association the news is reflective of… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a Fintech providing a savings marketplace across Europe and elsewhere, has surpassed €25 billion in assets under management (AUM). The Berlin-based financial services firm says its business model is booming during an economically uncertain time as many people have discovered the savings platform products… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloomberg has announced that Baader Bank AG, an investment bank in Germany, has adopted Bloomberg’s Rule Builder (RBLD), in order to automate its equities trading processes and streamline the performance of the company’s buy-side trading desk by leveraging key insights obtained from Bloomberg Transaction Cost… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The German-Austrian Bluecode and the Swiss TWINT are the first mobile payment systems to become “interoperable with one another.” Interoperability of said two systems “is based on the specifications of EMPSA (European Mobile Payments System Association).” TWINT and Bluecode interoperability has already “been running since… Read More

June 6, 2022 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As a startup ecosystem builder and veteran, Andrea Li, the VP, Head of International at Clearco, says she’s particularly excited about bringing Clearco, one of the largest digital commerce funders, to Germany, which is one of the world’s largest e-commerce economies. Clearco provides equity-free capital “to… Read More