City spotlight: tech bin ein Berliner
Berlin has established its credentials as a premier European blockchain hub.
Germany
Dutch savings bank LeasePlan makes the jump to Ohpen’s cloud tech
We talk with Pieter Aartsen and Angelique Schouten, global board members at Ohpen.
Infographic: financial services jobs in UK and Germany
Joblift has compared the UK’s financial sector job market with Germany.
solarisBank bridges the gap with Blockchain Factory
Wants to become a banking partner for cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.
Commerzbank taps Google for mobile payments in Germany
Google Pay is the way.
US insurer Lemonade takes wefox to court for IP infringement
Lemonade says German firm copied its presentation and business model.
Nextmarkets lands $6.9m new funding
The Series A takes nextmarkets’ total equity to nearly $14 million.
Learning the B2Cs of e-commerce
The B2C e-commerce sales worldwide are estimated to reach $2.356 trillion in 2018.
Deutsche Bank has crack at paperless with eVault launch
eVault unveiled – a digital repository for exchange of documents.
N26 sets aim on 100 more engineers by 2019
It has opened an office in Barcelona to reach a larger talent pool.
German banking software provider NDGIT raises $4.7m in funding
The funding round was led by Capnamic Ventures.
Coya to stir the insurance industry with new influx of cash
Berlin-based insurtech firm Coya gets influx of cash.
Commerzbank’s new loan model adjusts repayment based on capital usage
Commerzbank’s new lendtech solution has “pay-per-use loan” model at its core.
Hanseatic Bank signs for collectAI’s B2B2C white label tech
Hanseatic Bank among the first to deploy collectAI’s B2B2C white label solution.
Paytech heavyweights Nets and Concardis to merge
Paytech firms Nets and Concardis will merge but retain their own brands.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Deutsche Börse cuts 350 jobs to invest €270m in fintech
Interested in blockchain, big data, cloud computing, robotics and AI.
Fintech hub H:32 launches in Berlin
Innovation is addressed at Hardenbergstrasse 32.
Germany’s largest private and commercial bank launches
Merger of Postbank and Deutsche Bank’s private and commercial clients business has concluded.
Silicon Valley Bank comes to Germany
The new branch will be based in Frankfurt.
Commerzbank makes first major FX pilot transaction via blockchain
First deal involving a large German corporate.
Commerzbank calls on R3 Corda blockchain for trade finance thrust
A boost for trade and supply chain finance services.
Deutsche Bank buys Indian start-up Quantiguous Solutions
Wants to accelerate its open banking strategy.
Deutsche Börse and friends unveil fintech acceleration platform
Working with Clearstream, figo and regtech start-up Finologee.
Top fintech stories this week – 11 May 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Savedroid ICO scam joke backfires
Few sensed the sense of humour.
DVAG and FinLeap in dynamic Germanic digital duet
Advisor and builder form Deutsche Fintech Solutions.
Mambu unleashes digital marketplace
Offering cloud-enabled apps, products and tools.
Deutsche Börse and HQLAx to build securities lending solution on R3 Corda blockchain
They seek to improve collateral management of high quality liquid assets.
Commerzbank digs digitally deeper for corporate clients
First bank in Germany to offer its corporate clients a fully digitised advisory process.
Moneyou’s Tikkie app comes to Germany
The app and its tech were jointly developed with the Munich-based FinTecSystems.
solarisBank in €56.6 million funding round
BBVA, Visa and ABN Amro are among the new investors in solarisBank.
Degussa Bank finds its Germanic match with API start-up Giromatch
Team up to launch pilot project offering virtual Visa credit card for shopping with Amazon Business.
Infinitec unleashes digital finance solution for German SMEs
A Software-as-a-Service solution for integrated finance management.
Wirecard brings digital touch to ReiseBank’s bankomo app
Expanding collaboration by enabling users to top up smartphone account without minimum purchase requirement.
SOKA-BAU in front-to-back office tech overhaul with Simcorp
German pension fund will implement the Simcorp Dimension platform.
Infographic: bank and fintech collaboration in Germany
The latest developments in collaboration between banks and fintechs in Gremany.
Deutsche Bank’s multibanking service goes live
One login to rule them all – for transferring money from all aggregated accounts.
Deutsche Bank waltzes into open source space
“Waltz” solution allows organisations to gather information from multiple sources.
Bitbond and 1741 Fund Management launch alternative investment fund
Institutional investors will have access to SME loans originated through Bitbond’s lending platform.
