Fintech DACH News

07/05/2024

Bitpanda MENA will open its first office in Dubai at the DMCC Crypto Centre.

The largest European crypto platform and infrastructure provider Bitpanda has announced plans to expand to the Middle East, with the launch of Bitpanda MENA. Bitpanda will match the region’s ambitions and provide the infrastructure necessary to power future trading growth and unlock digital assets...

06/12/2022

Have a look at the significant strides made by DACH’s emerging fintech and insurtech startups this past year.

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Fintech Innovators has released its annual report featuring the most exciting and fastest-growing fintech and insurtech companies across Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).

27/09/2022

The firm’s sixth fund will be used to back B2B marketplaces and B2B SaaS startups across the world

The firm’s sixth fund will be used to back B2B marketplaces and B2B SaaS startups in across the world

10/08/2022

These two locations were recognized for their business-friendly regulations, easy access to funding, and dynamic startup ecosystems.

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Deep Ecosystems, a Germany-based accelerator for ecosystem projects, have released its 7th edition of the Startup Heatmap Report, ranking Europe’s top 50 most popular startup hubs in the continent.

26/07/2022

Krypto-Broker Coinpanion kooperiert mit Checkout.com

Das Fintech-Unternehmen Coinpanion hat sich zur Abwicklung seiner Paymentprozesse für die Zusammenarbeit mit dem internationalen Zahlungsdienstleister Checkout.com entschieden.

16/05/2022

Nexi, the Italian payments giant, buys Germany’s orderbird for $140-150M to expand its SMB strategy

Italian fintech Nexi acquires Orderbird, a German startup that provides point of sale products and services for restaurants and others in the hospitality industry.

30/03/2022

Jumio’s state-of-the-art identity verification technologies support FINMA regulations while also helping Swiss financial institutions compete globally

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Discover FINMA-compliant remote online identity verification for Swiss-based financial institutions.

15/03/2022

All fintech start-ups with a Swiss connection can apply for free until the 18th March 2022 by registering on https://bit.ly/3MyASgm

Joining the Swiss FinTech Awards offers start-ups benefits such as:
• Applications from fintech start-ups are reviewed by 20 potential investors, clients, business partners and thought leaders of the awards’s renowned jury.
• Top 10 start-ups benefit from one-to-one workshops with experts in legal, marketing, scaling, business models and more.
• The top 10 get exclusive networking opportunities with fintech leaders, influencers, journalists and decision makers at closed-door-events.
• The top 10 receives media exposure in the fintech and finance community.
• Finalists can pitch at the leading fintech conference of Switzerland hosted by the newspaper “Finanz und Wirtschaft”.
• Early stage start-ups can win CHF 50’000.- prize money.

Start-ups who want to apply or learn more about the Swiss FinTech Awards find everything on https://bit.ly/3MyASgm

10/03/2022

All fintech start-ups with a Swiss connection can apply for free until the 18th March 2022 by registering on https://bit.ly/3MyASgm

Joining the Swiss FinTech Awards offers start-ups benefits such as:

• Applications from fintech start-ups are reviewed by 20 potential investors, clients, business partners and thought leaders of the awards’s renowned jury.
• Top 10 start-ups benefit from one-to-one workshops with experts in legal, marketing, scaling, business models and more.
• The top 10 get exclusive networking opportunities with fintech leaders, influencers, journalists and decision makers at closed-door-events.
• The top 10 receives media exposure in the fintech and finance community.
• Finalists can pitch at the leading fintech conference of Switzerland hosted by the newspaper “Finanz und Wirtschaft”.
• Early stage start-ups can win CHF 50’000.- prize money.

Start-ups who want to apply or learn more about the Swiss FinTech Awards find everything on https://bit.ly/3MyASgm

02/03/2022

The fund will support early and growth-stage companies in the fintech and insurtech sectors, as well as the emerging climate fintech space

German specialist fintech investor CommerzVentures has announced its third €300 million fund. The fund will go towards supporting early and growth-stage companies in the fintech and insurtech sectors, as well

12/01/2022

Customers in Germany and Lichtenstein who upgrade to Revolut Bank for additional services will now have their deposits protected under the deposit guarantee scheme.

Revolut has operationalised its Lithuania based European specialised banking licence in 10 European markets.

24/11/2021

N26 GmbH will discontinue its U.S. operations in the latest setback to the expansion plans for the German digital bank, which was recently valued at more than $9 billion.

28/10/2021

Congratulations to Joshua Barraclough on his new appointment

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Austrian digital investment platform Bitpanda announced that it has appointed Joshua Barraclough as the CEO of Bitpanda Pro

26/10/2021

The Series C fundraise has increased Billie's valuation to US$640 million, nearly a quadruple since the previous one.

Billie, a Berlin-based “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) platform for businesses, announced that it has closed a successful Series C funding round of US$100 million, increasing its valuation to US$640

22/10/2021

These companies have made notable strides over the past year and are poised for further growth

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Given Berlin’s burgeoning fintech scene, we’ve compiled a list of eight exciting independent startups and scaleups from the city to keep a close eye on. These companies have made notable strides over the past year and are poised for further growth.

19/10/2021

N26 is looking to hire 1,000 new team members

N26 announced a record-breaking US$900+ million Series E funding round which increases the company's valuation to more than US$9 billion.

15/10/2021

DWS Group joined Smart Pension's £165 million Series D funding round

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Smart has announced that DWS Group (“DWS”) has joined its £165m series D funding round, acquiring a minority stake.

08/10/2021

Tangany plans to apply for further licenses in Germany and Europe in the future

Tangany has received a license from the BaFin as the third regulated service provider for the custody of digital assets

07/10/2021

Getsafe plans to use the money to fund its own insurance license by the end of 2021 and to accelerate its European expansion

Getsafe, a digital insurer in Germany and the UK, announced that it has extended its Series B funding round to US$93 million.

06/09/2021

Apple may not be a full stack bank but will most likely continue to add to its already existing financial services

Here are 5 reasons why Apple could be your next bank

18/08/2021

This Series C funding round comes 4 months after Bitpanda gained unicorn status

Austrian unicorn Bitpanda has raised US$263 million in funding at a US$4.1 billion valuation 4 months after gaining unicorn status.

04/08/2021

Bitpanda expects to have 30 developers on board by the end of 2021.

Bitpanda will be investing €10 million over the next two years into the newly launched Blockchain Research & Development Hub.

28/07/2021

Including the current investment round, Solarisbank AG’s total funding stands at over €350 million

The current funding round values Solarisbank at EUR 1.4 billion, indicating a 5 times increase in its valuation in the last 13 months.

26/07/2021

Thousands of media articles and social media posts were scoured to compile this list of top neobanking influencers

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This list of the top global neobanking influencers is backed by research and data analyses of thousands of articles and tweets by Commetric.

23/07/2021

Back then, Taleb called bitcoin “the first organic currency,” championing the fact that it’s “owned by the crowd”

Not only does bitcoin fail to satisfy the notion of being a currency without a government, but the cryptocurrency is also not a reliable inflation hedge nor a safe haven investment, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a probability researcher and former quantitative trader, says in a recent paper.

12/07/2021

Blockpit aims to further develop its certified tax reporting software Cryptotax and make it available in additional countries.

Blockpit, an Austria-based tax solution provider, announced that it has received US$10 million during a Series A funding round.

30/06/2021

As we inch back to normalcy, here's a list of physical fintech events that you may want to attend

As vaccination rollout continues and confidence begins to return, governments in Europe are starting to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Already, signs are showing that the event industry is inching back to the traditional in-person events that were the norm before the pandemic moved everything online.

30/06/2021

This is IDnow’s third acquisition following that of Identity Trust Management and Wirecard.

IDnow announced that it has agreed to acquire ARIADNEXT, a French company specialising in remote identity verification.

23/06/2021

Inyova said that Germany is an important step on its European expansion plans

Inyova, an impact investing platform, announced that it is expanding to Germany. The startup had also rebranded from Yova ahead of the move.

09/06/2021

This brings the total capital raised by Scalable Capital to over €260 million

Scalable Capital raised more than US$180 million (€150 million) in a Series E funding round led by China’s technology company Tencent.