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Newsletter, 26 July – 01 August 2014

FinTech Forum D-A-CH turns one! Presenting the FTFD Class of 2013.

We turned a year old in July, and decided to celebrate with our community of startups- this week we showcase the FTFD Class of 2013: with plenty of opportunities for partners, investors, banks, new hires etc. Drop us a line if you would like to connect to any of our fintech rising stars.

Top 10 European FinTechs attracting Funding 

Kreditech among the top 5 in this list of the ten largest European FinTech funding rounds in 2014 so far – apart from Klarna (GBP 67.8 mn), borro (GBP 65.4 mn), Funding Circle (GBP 65 mn) and iZettle (GBP 36.3 mn)

http://issuu.com/runwildmedia/docs/the_city_issuu_august/45?e=12964288/8799659

7 Questions with Benedikt and Philipp of Biometric Credit Bureau

BCB Biometric Credit Bureau offers services tailor-made to microfinance institutions and Savings and Credit Co-operatives in sub-Saharan Africa. BCB collects and analyzes personal loan/credit information using a unique, low budget IT solution.

Commerzbank und Sutor Bank machen ernst in Sachen Start-ups

Die Commerzbank, die bereits den Main Incubator startete, plant den Aufbau eines eigenen Risikokapitalablegers. Details sind noch nicht bekannt. Eine weitere Bank, die sich derzeit an Start-ups ranmacht, ist die Sutor Bank. Sie stellt Jungfirmen eine Start-up-Plattform zur Verfügung.

http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/08/01/commerzbank-sutor-bank-startups/

Rethinking fintech innovation at Next Bank Europe – Barcelona 18-19 Sep 

Re-think the future of finance at our Partner Event, Next Bank Europe in Barcelona on 18 and 19 September: innovators from within and outside financial services institutions come together at Next Bank Europe to explore the digital transformation of the industry.

More information at http://www.nextbankeurope.com/

German Equity Crowdfunding Platform Bergfürst Gets Banking License

Bergfürst, a German investment crowdfunding platform that also incorporates an electronic trading platform as a secondary market, has received a banking license from  Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin).

http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2014/07/45345-german-equity-crowdfunding-platform-bergfurst-gets-banking-license/

Amazon Could Be Working On A Square Competitor

Rumors have been coming in that Amazon is readying a mobile payments product that could compete with Square, Intuit GoPayment and PayPal Here.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/amazon-could-be-working-on-a-square-competitor/

FinTechs zwingen Banken zum Umdenken

Marktanalyse von Horváth & Partners stellt die Top 12 Geschäftsmodelle vor

http://www.horvath-partners.com/de/publikationen/studien/detail/publication/fintechs-angriff-auf-die-geschaeftsmodelle-von-banken/

Die Bankfiliale der Zukunft wird das Handy sein: Number26

Mit dem Slogan „Banking aber besser“ startete im vergangenen Jahr Number26, eine Anwendung, die das verstaubte Image der Bankgeschäfte aufpolieren will.

http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/07/29/die-bankfiliale-der-zukunft-wird-das-handy-sein/

Payfriendz seeks to innovate P2P payments with messaging, social features

Newcomer Payfriendz wants to innovate mobile peer-to-peer payments with a unique messaging feature, but whether social is enough to compete against the likes of PayPal is questionable.

http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/could-payfriendz-outplay-paypal-with-messaging-social-features

Exclusive Q&A with Traxpay CMO & SVP of Product Management, David Descharnais

Traxpay uses data and logic to facilitate real time payments for the enterprise business.

http://paymentweek.com/2014-7-24-exclusive-qa-with-traxpay-cmo-svp-of-product-management-david-descharnais-5210/

Hacking Finance @ business innovation and technical workshops at Next Bank Europe (17 Sep.)

Hacking Finance Tech @ is a technical workshop aimed at developers & designers and Hacking Finance Biz @ is a business workshop for fintech innovators in general.

Sign up to co-create innovative fintech solutions: http://www.nextbankeurope.com/buy-your-ticket/