Is Southeast Europe fertile ground for digital banking challengers?
While the popularity of neobanks has surged in Western Europe, the Southeast remains relatively free of competition.
Romania
Raiffeisen Centrobank partners Marqeta for digital banking products
Customers will be able to access accounts via a mobile app, make contactless payments and track spending.
Mambu supplies core banking tech to Western Union’s new mobile app, WU+
Western Union’s WU+ digital banking app is now live in Germany and Romania.
Low-code start-up FintechOS lands €51m Series B
The round will fund FintechOS’ international expansion beyond the UK and Europe.
UiPath files for IPO weeks after landing $35bn valuation
The fintech estimates a $60 billion addressable market for RPA.
RBI invests in Romanian open banking start-up Finqware
Finqware initiated account aggregation for seven Croatian banks last year.
Revolut faces lawsuit in Romania over blocked account
Revolut faces 3,911 complaints so far this year, as compared to its 2,487 for the whole of 2019.
European Commission warns eight countries over late AML laws
Countries include Cyprus, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.
Plug and play platform FintechOS raises £10.7m
The start-up enables banks and insurance companies to compete with challengers.
How to thrive in an ever changing market, a conversation with the COO of Qualco
Spyros Retzekas, COO at Qualco says agility is the key.
IM payments arrive in Eastern Europe for Viber customers
Romanian Libra Internet Bank is acting as local acquirer.
CallVU teams up with Banca Transilvania to boost mobile banking
It will give customers card control to block transactions or modify transaction limits.
FintechOS raises $1.2m to expand internationally
The round brings the company’s total funding to $3 million.
Oney Bank is Well into Wirecard for biometric payments in Romania
Consumers will be able to pay with the app in over 30 stores.
Romanian FintechOS gets €600,000 as it lines up €5m Series A
Digital banking platform has raised €1.6m so far.
ING Bank in Romania closes physical cash desks
ATMs will be the only choice to withdraw and deposit cash by the end of October.
Cybercrime crew Cobalt goes phishing in Eastern Europe
Cyber researchers at Netscout put out a warning.
