Check out the line-up of startups presenting at the 5th FinTech Forum, 22nd June, Vienna
FinTech Forum goes on tour: check out the line-up of startups from D.A.CH, Central & Eastern Europe presenting at our 5th Event, this time in Vienna on 22nd June. Warsaw-based yBanking „cuts banks’ cost of sales, so they can pay their customers“; Prague-based Cashila helps „Pay with Bitcoin to euro / SEPA bank accounts”, Swiss startup OneVisage is „the selfie authentication company“. Register here:
http://www.fintechforum.de/english/vienna/
Schwyzer Kantonalbank launches first digital financial assistant with Contovista
Mit der Einführung des Digitalen Finanzassistenten integriert die Schwyzer Kantonalbank (SZKB) als erste Kantonalbank das Personal Finance Management (PFM) in Ihr Internet- und Mobile Banking. Umsetzungspartner ist das Fintech Startup Contovista.
AXA launches Venture Fund
Ein Venture Fund, ein Startup-Screening auch für die Schweiz, ein Lab an der EPFL Lausanne: Die Versicherung AXA Winterthur gibt in Sachen Digitalisierung Gas.
http://startupticker.ch/en/news/may-2015/axa-lanciert-venture-fund
Ayondo and Guidants announce partnership
Ab sofort ist es möglich, ausgewählten Guidants-Experten über die Social-Trading-Plattform ayondo zu folgen. Gleichzeitig engagieren sich ausgewählte Top Trader von ayondo mit eigenen Experten-Desktops auf Guidants…
http://ayondo.com/media/1695/ayondo_pm_20150506_de.pdf
BCB Biometric Credit Bureau becomes awamo GmbH: plus several important announcements
BCB, which presented at our 3rd Event in Nov. 2014, has rebranded to awamo GmbH and expanded its team. In addition, former CEO of WestLB (a German state bank) Dietrich Voigtländer has joined awamo’s Advisory Board, and Deutsche Bank has joined as supporter. Congratulations and all the best to Team Awamo! Read on for Awamo’s story as well as job opportunities.
http://awamo.com/about-awamo/the-story-behind-awamo/
BBVA opens doors to fintech startup competition
Spanish banking giant BBVA is inviting fintech startups from around the world to enter its Open Talent competition for the chance to win EUR30,000 and high-level networking opportunities.
http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=27344
FinTech Forum strengthens advisor team: Dr. Aline Vedder joins as Sr. Advisor
Aline heads the global communications team for financial technology start-up Spotcap. Prior to her current role she managed PR activities for a portfolio of Rocket Internet start-ups. As Senior Advisor at FinTech Forum she consults FinTech Start-Ups in the DACH region on effective communication and branding strategies.
http://www.fintechforum.de/about-us/
Moneymeets – how intermediaries are restoring trust in financial services
To gain insight into the world of the money managers, I spoke this week with Dieter Fromm and Johannes Cremer, the co-founders of German based moneymeets…It was this whole subject of the lack of trust and consumer confidence that led them to talk about creating an Amazon-like business in financial services.
(Moneymeets presented at the 1st FinTech Forum event in Nov. 2013 and at our 3rd event in Nov. 2014.)
Wirecard Supports the Nationwide Launch of Orange Cash in Spain
The Wirecard Group supports the launch of the mobile payment service „Orange Cash“ in Spain. As part of the strategic alliance with the mobile operator Orange, Wirecard will provide the E-Money and scheme license as well as the technical platform needed to manage the mobile payment application.
Voola ist Suchmaschine für Finanzprodukte
Geldanlage: Das Kölner Start-up Voola will ab sofort die erste Suchmaschine für Finanzprodukte sein. Das Unternehmen um die drei Gründer Martin Donath, Thomas Müller und Roman Przibylla will die Suche nach den passenden Finanzprodukten vereinfachen und das große Angebot für Anleger transparenter machen.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/05/11/blisy-looxio-24h-pflege-check-fetchad-voola/
Go Beyond Investing intensifying activities in the fintech field
Go Beyond Investing was chosen and presented at Startupbootcamp FinTech Fastrack in London on April 23. It was the only Swiss company out of 10 who participated. Startupbootcamp is the leading accelerator focusing on FinTech innovation and, through their accelerator program, provides mentoring, funding, space and access to a network of industry professionals.
German Central Bank Economist Expects EU to Fund Digital Currency Research
Startup Europe aims to strengthen the business environment for web and ICT entrepreneurs so that their ideas and business can start and grow in the EU. Startup Europe is part of Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE), an initiative of the European Commission, and contributes to the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan.
Robin von Hein simplesurance CEO im Gründer-Talk
…Im UNITEDNETWORKER Gründer-Talk Podcast erfahrt Ihr wie Robin von Hein auf die Idee kam, das FinTech Startup Unternehmen simplesurance zu gründen, welche Produkte simplesurance anbietet und was es mit Schutzklick auf sich hat. Warum es gerade für Startup Unternehmen wichtig ist, gutes Personal zu finden und warum Berlin die Deutsche Gründer und Startup Metropole ist!
http://www.unitednetworker.com/robin-von-hein-simplesurance-ceo-im-gruender-talk/
Die Finalisten Webfuture Award 2015: Die 10 nominierten Start-ups
Zahlen mit Geld oder mit einem Post in deinem sozialen Netzwerk – PayOrShare lässt Nutzer zwischen zwei Online-Zahlungsmethoden wählen. Zusätzlich zu den herkömmlichen Zahlungsmethoden etabliert PayOrShare die Bezahlung mit Reichweite in sozialen Netzwerken.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/05/13/webfuture-award-2015-die-10-nominierten-start-ups/
3-Monatsbericht 2015: Wirecard AG – dynamische Entwicklung im Q1/2015
Im ersten Quartal 2015 erhöhten sich die Umsatzerlöse im Konzern um 26 Prozent auf EUR 159,4 Mio. (Q1/2014: EUR 126,2 Mio.).