MUUME collaborates with European payment service provider Ingenico
Swiss fintech MUUME and Ingenico Payment Services team up to support retailers in digitizing the purchasing and ordering processes. Ingenico Group focused on integrated payment solutions across all payment methods is active in 170 countries and has almost 7’000 employees.
Swiss FinTech Awards 2017 an Qumram und Crowdhouse
Die Verleihung der Swiss FinTech Awards ist ein Fixpunkt im Kalender der helvetischen Fintech-Szene. Gestern war es wieder so weit: Zum «Early Stage Startup of the Year» wurde Crowdhouse gekürt, «Growth Stage Startup of the Year» ist Qumram.
Congratulations to Qumram, an alumnus of our FTF On Tour | InvestTech event (Sep. 2015). Read our 7 Questions with Mathias Wegmüller of Qumram.
Meet the Startups: FinTech meets Telecom (23rd Mar. 2017 in Frankfurt)
The presenting startups come from Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the UK and Germany, and have propositions ranging from turning Twitter IDs into a wallet, offering dynamic authentication-as-a-service, using machine learning on MNO data to predict creditworthiness and intent to purchase, a SaaS front-end for payment cards and expense management, a banking app designed for millennials, and ready-to-go mobile wealth management and insurance etc.
Announcing FinTech Forum Scoreboards
We have been covering FinTech funding rounds, M&A and key partnerships in Germany/D.A.CH since 2013 in our weekly newsletter, but with a burgeoning FinTech scene and deals announced almost every week, it is time for a Scoreboard – or two! Our (experimental) FinTech Germany Funding Scoreboard lists the funding rounds and key M&A deals year-to-date, while the FinTech Forum Alumni Scoreboard tracks the same for our alumni.
PoshBerry nominated for Benzinga Fintech Awards
PoshBerry (an alumnus of FTF On Tour |FinTech meets Travel, Sep. 2016) has been nominated for best use of Blockchain. Vote for PoshBerry at http://benzingafintechawards.com
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ROBO-ADVISERS ON THE RISE ACROSS EUROPE
Speaking at the Robo-investing Europe 2017 conference in London, Michael Mellinghoff, Managing Director of London and Frankfurt based fintech research business TechFluence, announced that there were 64 robo-advisers in Europe as of December 2016, both in the B2C and B2B space and that six had attracted more than £100m in assets.
Check out the 2nd edition of FTF On Tour | InvestTech which showcases European startups in investment management (28th Apr. 2017 in London):
Penta will sich als Banking-Anbieter für Startups etablieren
Der Markt für Business-Banking heizt sich auf: In Berlin taucht mit Penta ein weiteres Fintech-Unternehmen auf, das es auf junge Unternehmen als Kunden abgesehen hat. Der finnische Player Holvi, das junge Startup Kontist und auch N26 versuchen sich bereits an dieser Zielgruppe.
Mambu launches Americas operations
Mambu is kicking off 2017 by opening new Miami offices and appointing a regional Managing Director to meet the growing demand for their platform in North America, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Konkurrenz für AboalarmMoneyMap – Vertragstool mit Wechselservice
MoneyMap prüft die Verträge seiner Nutzer und wechselt, wenn nötig, zu einem besseren Anbieter. Frank Broer, ehemals McKinsey&Company, führt das Unternehmen gemein mit Dmitry Kharchenko führt. 20 Mitarbeiter wirken bereits bei MoneyMap.
Wirecard and T-Systems Collaborate on Joint IoT Shopping Solution
Wirecard and T-Systems are working in close collaboration to create a joint omnichannel showcase to be exhibited at trade fairs and events which will present the future of shopping through a customer journey: A customer enters a shop and checks in at the entrance using a smartphone or tablet.
Bitcoins sind erstmals mehr wert als Gold
Für die Fans der Digitalwährung ist es ein historischer Moment in der Geldgeschichte: Ein Bitcoin ist zum ersten Mal teurer als eine Feinunze Gold.
Wie Blockchain den Energiemarkt der Zukunft gestalten kann
Der Einsatz von Blockchain-Technologie ist in fast allen Industrien denkbar. Das hat eine Experten-Konferenz der Energiewirtschaft deutlich gemacht.
Germany’s Love Affair With Bitcoin
Berlin-based European School of Management and Technology – a state-accredited business university – recently announced that it would accept bitcoin as a currency “for all payments” including tuition.
Top 30 Fintech Influencers in Austria
In 2014, fintech startups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) raised over US$175 million, nearly tripling the amount raised in the three previous years. The region has a burgeoning fintech scene and yet, little has been about fintech in Austria solely.