Tagged: solarisbank

September 20, 2019 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Berlin based digital bank Penta has announced that after only 18 months of operation it has acquired over 10,000 business customers. User numbers have increased over 200% in the past two months, according to a release. Penta is a partner of Berlin-based solarisBank. In August,… Read More

June 3, 2019 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital challenger bank Penta has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer. Marko Wenthin, co-founder of solarisBank, will move into the CEO role joining the management team consisting of Jessica Holzbach, Chief Customer Officer, Luka Ivicevic, Chief of Staff, Lukas Zörner, Chief Product Officer and Matteo Concas,… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, German blockchain banking group Bitwala announced it has teamed up with solarisBank to launch its new cryptobanking services. According to Bitwala, nearly 35,000 customers have already pre-registered to be among the first to get access to new service, which helps customers to manage cryptocurrencies with… Read More

August 21, 2018 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Germany-based banking platform SolarisBank announced on Tuesday it has formed a strategic partnership with digital marketplace for European loans CrossLend for fully automated loan securitization. According to SolarisBank, the partnership will allow the bank group to establish a so-called ‘Balance Sheet Light’ model, with loans being generated in… Read More

July 27, 2018 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinLeap, the fintech start-up platform behind Germany’s SolarisBank, announced on Friday it has launched B2B2X platforms Finreach Solutions and Infinitec Solutions for contextual finance. According to FinLeap, the new platform systems enable FinLeap’s cooperation partners to combine bundled solutions and all-in-one solutions with fintech companies, financial products,… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 12:50 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The general unwillingness of banks to provide services to cryptocurrency firms is a well-known dirty secret in the Toronto start up scene. Any use of the word ‘bit’ in a business plan will have you politely shown the door by an account manager, even at… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Alior Bank has announced a “pan-European collaboration” with Raisin, solarisBank and Mastercard. The four separate companies are seeking to create a new financial platform based on an open API model. This new model hopes to enable their clients “to benefit from truly open banking.” According… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Regtech firm Clarus.io announced on Thursday that it has signed a partnership with Berlin-based banking platfrom SolarisBank. The Israeli firm revealed that the partnership will enable SolarisBank to streamline its compliance processes and scale its local as well as international activity using the Clarus.io transaction monitoring… Read More

March 26, 2018 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Penta, a Berlin-based Fintech, has announced a new feature to digitize company formation in Germany. Penta has launched “Compass” a platform that enables businesses to incorporate, create a share structure and open a bank account in less than 24 hours unlike the weeks long process… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 10:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

solarisBank, a German digital-only bank, announced on Thursday it has successfully secured  €56.6  million through its Series B funding round. Participants from the round include current investors Arvato Financial Solutions and SBI Group, renowned global companies BBVA, Visa, Lakestar and ABN AMRO’s Digital Impact Fund (DIF) have… Read More

December 5, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Moneyou, is the digital brand of the Dutch mega bank ABN AMRO.  Berlin-based solarisBank, a digital only banking platform that has a full banking license, has just inked an agreement to integrate with Moneyou to provide instantaneous online lending for consumers. Moneyou’s German customers may… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 2:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FinLeap, the startup platform behind Germany’s SolarisBank, has secured €21 million in equity capital to support its fintech incubation program. Next to the founding shareholder Berlin-based HitFox-Group, new institutional investors from the insurance industry took a stake in the company including Hannover Re, the third largest worldwide reinsurer,… Read More