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Newsletter: 24 Sep 2018

Announcing the final line-up of startups: FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition

We are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt.

http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-final-line-up-of-startups-fintech-forums-5th-anniversary-edition/

 

FinLab invests a seven-digit investment amount in the Frankfurt-based FinTech awamo GmbH

FinLab AG has invested a seven-digit EUR amount into Frankfurt-based FinTech company awamo GmbH. awamo is the leading provider of cloud-based core banking systems for small-to-medium sized microfinance institutions in Uganda.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/dgap-news-finlab-invests-a-seven-digit-investment-amount-in-the-frankfurt-based-fintech-awamo-gmbh-1027549926

Congratulations to awamo, who presented at the 3rd FinTech Forum (2014) as well as the 9th FinTech Forum (2017). Read our 7 Questions with the founders Benedikt and Philip.

 

Scibids Raises €2.2M in Series A Funding

Scibids, a Paris, France-based AI-based programmatic bid management solution that automates digital advertising campaign management, raised €2.2m in Series A financing.

Iris Capital made the investment

http://www.finsmes.com/2018/09/scibids-raises-e2-2m-series-a-funding.html

 

7 Questions with Oliver Werneyer, Co-Founder & CEO of Imburse

1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure.

Imburse is a motivated team of 5 from Zurich, Switzerland. Apart from our HQ in Zurich, we have our development team out in London doing an amazing job of delivering on our vision and empowering our clients. We are a very close team with some of the co-founders being friends from school days and others getting to know each other through other friends. We have a diverse background with South Africans, Portuguese and English making up the team and for a very open-minded and “get it done” attitude and approach.

http://www.fintechforum.de/7-questions-with-oliver-werneyer-co-founder-ceo-of-imburse/

“Imburse is one of the startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition on 22nd Nov. 2018 in Frankfurt. Learn more:  Announcing the final line-up of startups

pls hyperlink to http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-final-line-up-of-startups-fintech-forums-5th-anniversary-edition/
Ravelin raises £8M Series B to use machine learning to fight e-commerce fraud

Ravelin, the London-based company using machine learning to help e-commerce companies fight and predict the risk of fraud, has raised £8 million in Series B funding. The round is led by BlackFin Capital Partners, while existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Passion Capital, and Playfair Capital followed on.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/11/ravelin-raises-8m-series-b-to-use-machine-learning-to-fight-e-commerce-fraud/

 

Fidor joins consortium to tackle Asean financial inclusion

Fidor Solutions, an innovative provider of digital banking services, today signed an agreement with AFIN to create ASEAN’s first API Exchange (APIX) platform as Fintech Marketplace and Sandbox – together in a consortium formed with Virtusa and Percipient.

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/75491/fidor-joins-consortium-to-tackle-asean-financial-inclusion

 

Saturn tests payment without cash register

Schluss mit den langen Schlangen an der Kasse: Die Elektronikkette Media-Saturn will ihren Kunden das Anstehen künftig ersparen. Daher testet das Unternehmen Zug um Zug neue Verfahren, mit denen die Käufer direkt am Regal bezahlen können.

https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/elektronikhandel-saturn-testet-das-bezahlen-ohne-kasse/23068912.html?ticket=ST-955447-DDTI5oqLCeJEIPFvV2XQ-ap2

 

Smava now lends even more money to the negative interest rate

Das Kreditvermittlungsportal Smava weitet seine Aktionen mit Negativzins-Krediten für Verbraucher deutlich aus. Gab es die Darlehen bisher nur in einer Größe von bis zu 1000 Euro, können Kunden des Fintech-Unternehmens nun bis zu 10.000 Euro bei Smava leihen – und müssen weniger als den Gesamtbetrag zurückzahlen.

http://www.manager-magazin.de/finanzen/artikel/negativzins-smava-vergibt-jetzt-hoehere-kredite-a-1228456.html

 

New addition to paydirekt: payment provider wins bonprix

paydirekt hat mit bonprix einen weiteren Top-Händler gewonnen. Laut EHI Retail Institut zählt der Mode-Anbieter in Deutschland zu den 10 größten Online-Händlern und steht im Bekleidungssegment an Platz 2 der umsatzstärksten Shops. Das Bezahlverfahren der deutschen Banken und Sparkassen baut seine Reichweite gemessen am E-Commerce-Umsatz damit auf insgesamt rund 9 Milliarden Euro aus.

https://www.paydirekt.de/presse/neuzugang-bei-paydirekt-bezahlverfahren-gewinnt-bonprix.html

 

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