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Newsletter 28 Aug 2019

Announcing the second set of startups & investors: 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. / Frankfurt)

We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany) and Trality(Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt). We are also pleased to have leading early stage investors from Idinvest Partners, G+D Ventures, Capnamic Ventures and SeedX.LI on stage covering the latest trends in European FinTech & InsurTech.

http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-second-set-of-startups-investors-at-11th-fintech-forum-21st-nov-2019-frankfurt/

 

Au10tix Receives $60M Strategic Minority Investment from TPG Tech Adjacencies

Au10tix, a Nicosia, Cyprus-based cloud, machine learning, ID verification and authentication platform, received a $60m strategic minority investment from TPG Tech Adjacencies.

The investment from TPG gives AU10TIX a post-money valuation of $260m.

http://www.finsmes.com/2019/08/au10tix-receives-60m-strategic-minority-investment-from-tpg-tech-adjacencies.html

 

ayfie raises $10 million in funding to accelerate growth and vertical expansion

ayfie Group, a leading provider for advanced big text analytics solutions, today announced a funding round to accelerate its growth and extend its product offerings building on its reach in the legal tech sector and financial tech markets. This is the second investment round after the initial funding in June 2017.

https://www.legalitprofessionals.com/global-news/11487-ayfie-raises-10-million-in-funding-to-accelerate-growth-and-vertical-expansion

 

7 Questions with Moritz Putzhammer, Trality

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

Hi! I’m Moritz and I’m co-founder and CEO of Trality, a platform bringing together creators and followers of trading bots, enabling them to beat the market with algorithmic trading. 

I hold a Ph.D. from WU Vienna and display broad professional experience in strategy, finance, project management and research. I’m passionate about crypto, love everything digital and am driven by data. I co-founded Trality in order to make the tools of Wall St. available to everyone.

http://www.fintechforum.de/7-questions-with-moritz-putzhammer-trality/

 

Mobileum Inc. Acquires WeDo Technologies

Mobileum Inc. (“Mobileum”), a leading global provider of analytics-based roaming and risk management solutions, today announced the acquisition of WeDo Technologies, (“WeDo”). This is the second acquisition Mobileum has completed, following the purchase of Evolved Intelligence in October 2018.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190814005431/en/Mobileum-Acquires-WeDo-Technologies

 

NRW.Bank cooperates with fintech company Loanboox

Ausgewählte NRW.Bank-Förderprogramme sind jetzt in die Plattform für öffentlich-rechtliche Kreditnehmer integriert und ergänzen das Angebot von Banken, Sparkassen und weiteren Finanzierungspartnern.

https://www.zfk.de/unternehmen/nachrichten/artikel/nrwbank-kooperiert-mit-fintech-unternehmen-loanboox-2019-08-22/

 

Wirecard and OYO to collaborate to provide financial services to travellers

Wirecard, a digital financial technology company, and OYO, the hospitality business company, announced that they are exploring collaboration opportunities to provide a suite of financial services to make payments for OYO hotels and home bookings seamless and hassle-free across several regions in the world, notably, South-East Asia, Europe, UK and the USA. OYO is a constituent of the SoftBank Vision Fund which facilitated the introduction to Wirecard.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/wirecard-and-oyo-to-collaborate-to-provide-financial-services-to-travellers-4354481.html

 

Deposit Solutions and Merck Finck cooperate

Merck Finck Privatbankiers ist neuester Partner von Deposit Solutions. Die Bank wird die Plattform des Hamburger FinTechs künftig nutzen, um ihren Kunden innerhalb der bestehenden Kundenbeziehung Einlagenprodukte von Drittbanken anzubieten. Die Berater von Merck Finck können ihren Kunden so Zugang zu ausgewählten Einlagenprodukten verschaffen, die auf der Plattform von Deposit Solutions gelistet sind.

https://citywire.de/news/hamburger-fintech-und-merck-finck-kooperieren/a1260943

 

Meet us at: 

Discover Global Network Connect, London, 19 Sep. https://events.discoverglobalnetwork.com

Amsterdam Capital Week, Amsterdam, 23-24 Sep.  https://www.capitalweek.amsterdam

FinTech.Summit, Bratislava, 25 Sep. https://fintechsummit.sk/2019/en/

LendIT FinTech Europe, London, 26-27 Sep.  https://www.lendit.com/europe/2019

InsurTech Rising, Paris, 8-9 Oct. https://finance.knect365.com/insurtech/

South Summit, Madrid, 2-3 Oct. https://www.southsummit.co

Intelligent InsurTech, London, 14 Oct. https://newtonmedia.swoogo.com/insurtech2019

 

FinTech Forum partners:

www.heussen-law.de

www.europe.money2020.com

 

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