Bitbond Raises €600,000 to Grow its Global Bitcoin Lending Platform
Global bitcoin lending platform Bitbond today announced an angel funding round of €600,000.
Led by Bitbond’s earlier seed investor Point Nine Capital, a number of business angels contributed significantly to the round.
(Congratulations and best of luck to Bitbond, which presented at the 2nd FinTech Forum in May 2014).
Kreditech targets €60 M revenues in 2015
Kreditech strebt an die Börse. Für dieses Jahr peilt das Hamburger Unternehmen einen Umsatz zwischen 50 und 60 Millionen Euro an. Bei einem Wachstum von “400 % pro Jahr” dürfte das Start-jup dann schon bald eine passende Größe für einen Börsengang haben. Bis 2016 ist es aber noch lang.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/05/20/kreditech-60-millionen-umsatz/
5th FinTech Forum (22nd June) attracting Austria & Eastern Europe’s FinTech
Presenting startups include Riga-headquartered consumer lending platform CreamFinance, Hungarian mobile wallet provider Cellum that processes over 2 mn secure mobile transactions per month, the Austrian mobile payments startup Sweep etc. Investors and financial institutions include Penta Investments, Ventegis Capital, PayBox Bank / A1, Visa Europe, Raiffeisen Bank, UniCredit, Erste Group etc. Register here:
http://www.fintechforum.de/english/vienna/
Zencap and Sparda-Bank Berlin strike partnership
Zencap und die Berliner Sparda-Bank schließen eine Partnerschaft. Die über eine halbe Million Kunden der Berliner Bank können damit zu vergünstigten Konditionen in Projekte des Kreditmarktplatzes investieren.
http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/kuss-bruder-investieren-in-nickis-und-weitere-news
Finanzcheck.de targets two-digit million revenues
Der Kreditvergleichsdienst Finanzcheck.de ist derzeit richtig gut unterwegs. In diesem Jahr will Mitgründer Moritz Thiele “einen mittleren zweistelligen Millionenbetrag als Innenumsatz erzielen”. Somit will der Hamburger dieses Jahr “mehr als 1 Milliarde Euro an Neukreditvolumen vermitteln”.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/05/20/finanzcheck-de-peilt-zweistelligen-millionenumsatz/
Deutsche Bank Tech Chief Overhauls 145-Year-Old Global Giant
…Hammonds has set an ambitious goal for her team (she oversees a staff of 50,000) of meeting with 500 tech startups and implementing new technology from 50 of them this year.
Retail Banks Under Assault By Innovation, Regulation
A split-second screen shot in the newest commercial for the Apple Watch tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the future of retail banking. It’s not a pretty picture for retail bankers.
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.
Yapital wins „ICT innovation of the Year“ Award
Yapital ist ausgezeichnetes Mobile Payment! Gestern Abend haben wir den “ICT Innovation of the Year” Award auf der ICT Spring gewonnen. Wir freuen uns sehr und Gratulation an das gesamte Team! Unten schon mal erste Eindrücke aus Luxemburg…
Seedmatch founders launch new Crowdfunding platform
Die Macher der Crowdinvestingplattform Seedmatch rund um Gründer und Geschäftsführer Jens-Uwe Sauer haben eine neue Crowdfundingplattform gestartet.
Mambu cloud behind unique lending models
… One such company is Berlin-based Mambu, creators of a cloud-based banking platform that is used by more than 100 financial institutions in close to 30 countries…. Bankless Times spoke with Mambu CEO Eugene Danilkis about Mambu’s new partnership with Lenddo, an online platform combining community-based micro-finance techniques with social media data to help the unbanked and underbanked obtain loans.
http://www.banklesstimes.com/2015/05/15/mambu-mines-social-media-to-determine-loan-risk/
Naqoda Moves Headquartes to London
Naqoda Ltd, a supplier of withholding tax solutions to the financial industry, today announced it is relocating its headquarters to East London’s Tech City area. Tech City, dubbed the Silicon Roundabout is well known for being the centre of cutting edge development in the information technology sector.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2015/May/19/naqoda-moves-headquartes-to-london.html
Wirecard supports Online E-Commerce strategy of Spectrum Brands Europe
Die Wirecard AG unterstützt die Online-Markenshops von VARTA Consumer Batteries und weiteren Gesellschaften von Spectrum Brands in Europa bei ihrer E-Commerce Strategie.