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Newsletter, 04 October – 10 October 2014

Insurance app Knip secures Series A funding

The Zurich based Knip AG raised a Series A round led by the Dutch fintech fund Orange Growth Capital (OGC), with participation from Redalpine, a Swiss venture capitalist, and two business angels from Germany and Switzerland.

http://startupticker.ch/en/news/october-2014/insurance-app-knip-secures-series-a-funding#.VDpJm_mSxqV

(Meet OGC Founding Partner Reinier Musters at the 3rd FinTech Forum event on 20th Nov. 2014. Reinier was also on the roundtable panel at our 2nd event in May 2014 – read the highlights.)

Invenoturm, an iPad-based accounting system, receives €4 mn funding.

Inventorum, das Start-up des prominenten Gründers Michael Brehm erhält vier Millionen Euro von Investoren… Inventorum bietet insbesondere kleinen Einzelhändlern ein neues Kassensystem auf Basis des Apple-Tablets iPad.

http://www.wuv.de/digital/vier_millionen_fuer_inventorum

Boku übernimmt Mopay

Der amerikanische Mobile Payment-Anbieter Boku übernimmt seinen Münchner Wettbewerber mopay. “Durch die Verschmelzung beider Unternehmen entsteht ein Anbieter, der dem Bezahlen per Handy eine globale Dimension als Zahlungsmittel verleiht”, sagt Jon Prideaux von Boku.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/07/boku-buys-germanys-mopay-in-carrier-billing-consolidation-covering-5b-users/

7 Questions with Stephane Dubois of Xignite

Xignite is the leading provider of financial market data via cloud-based APIs…We cover every financial asset class and data type. And we have global data from more than 45 countries.

http://www.fintechforum.de/7-questions-stephane-dubois-xignite/

(Meet Stephane at the 3rd FinTech Forum event on 20th Nov. 2014, where he is also a mentor.)

Q&A with Brendan Bradley, Eurex: Why we invited in the fintech start-ups

Deutsche Börse has became one of the latest financial giants to open its doors to fintech start-ups. The German exchange group in June launched an online platform called Open Innovation…

http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-09-29/fintech-news-brendan-bradley-eurex-why-we-invited-in-the-fintech-startups?ea9c8a2de0ee111045601ab04d673622

Digitale Finanzen: Commerzbank sucht Inspiration in der Startup-Szene

Der 16. Mai 2007 ist ein kaum bekanntes, aber überaus interessantes Datum in der deutschen Finanzwirtschaft: An diesem Tag eröffnete die Wirecard Bank als erstes deutsches Institut eine Filiale in der virtuellen Online-Welt Second Life. Modernisierung, so schien es, hielt endlich auch bei den Geldhäusern des Landes Einzug.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/commerzventures-commerzbank

Die Internetfirmen haben der Bankenwelt den Kampf angesagt”

In den nächsten zehn Jahren werden Internet-Firmen den Banken die Kunden abnehmen“, prophezeit Deutschlands Seriengründer Nr 1., Oliver Samwer – und schickt mit Lendico, Zencap, Paymill und Payleven gleich vier Finanz-Startups ins Rennen.

http://netzoekonom.de/2014/10/06/die-internetfirmen-haben-der-bankenwelt-den-kampf-angesagt/

Are we in a fintech bubble?

The financial technology sector is not just hot, it’s smoking hot. Last year global private fintech companies raised nearly $3 billion, that’s more than triple the $930 million invested into fintech companies in 2008.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/04/are-we-in-a-fintech-bubble/

Wie Auxmoney versucht, aus Anfangsfehlern zu lernen

Mit siebenjähriger Markterfahrung ist Auxmoney inzwischen kein Jungunternehmen mehr, fühlt sich aber aufgrund seiner Historie noch immer als Startup.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/auxmoney-interview

New Figures on Lendico and Zencap 

An estimate says that Lendico Germany originated 1 million EUR loan volume in the first 6 months of 2014…Zencap (Germany) loan volume since inception: 2 million Euro.

http://www.wiseclerk.com/group-news/countries/germany-new-figures-on-lendico-and-zencap/

Barzahlen: Kunden können ab sofort Einkäufe bei Online-Händlern bar bei Budni bezahlen

 https://www.barzahlen.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen

DSwiss (Swiss secure online data storage service) in Partnership with Prosegur

Prosegur, the globally active security service provider for cash logistics and management solutions is henceforth entrusting the support of its growing digital business to the high-security online data storage service SecureSafe.

http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/october-2014/dswiss-partnership-offers-access-to-international-markets

(Argentina’s) Banco Macro opts for Mambu’s cloud banking solution

Argentina’s Banco Macro will use the Mambu cloud as the basis for a new business unit, which will offer loans to micro-enterprises and small businesses.
The bank’s new Alumbra initiative plans to offer loans of $250-$6000, starting in Salta, one of Argentina’s poorest northern regions. The aim is to provide a lifeline to areas that have historically lacked access to financial services.

http://www.bankingtech.com/253361/banco-macro-opts-for-cloud/

Wirecard Lifts FY14 EBITDA View – Quick Facts

Wirecard AG (WRCDF.PK), a provider of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions, Tuesday said its Management Board has raised the earnings guidance for fiscal year 2014 due to strong new customer gains as well as the overall positive business performance.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/wirecard-lifts-fy14-ebitda-view–quick-facts-20141007-00016#ixzz3FpjWUfPO

Wells Fargo’s Digital Labs: banking’s future or science fiction?

Wells Fargo Digital Labs invited media over this week to see how the bank is experimenting with a range of new technology to determine whether it might one day make banking easier or more profitable.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/10/wells-fargos-digital-labs-banking-jim-smith.html

Bitcoin’s slippery slope could see it fall to $100

Is Bitcoin dead in the water? You could be forgiven for thinking so.
Since July 6, the Bitcoin average price has more than halved from $634 to $305 October 5. Less than 12 months ago, the price of a Bitcoin was a whopping $1,072.

https://www.tradingfloor.com/posts/bitcoins-slippery-slope-could-see-it-fall-to-100-1871034?utm_medium=tf4-feed&utm_source=extract