Silicon Valley Bets on European Money-Transfer Companies / 100 Millionen US-Dollar für FinTech-Startup Worldremit Silicon Valley is making big bets on European currency-transfer companies. London-based WorldRemit plans to announce on Wednesday it has raised $100 million in funding from investors including Silicon Valley-based Technology Crossover Ventures. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/17/silicon-valley-bets-on-european-money-transfer-companies/ Lendstar collaborates with comdirect bank / Lendstar kooperiert […]

German Startups Group invests in FinTech startups/ German Startups Group beteiligt sich an fünf weiteren Startups Mit fünf neuen Investments will die German Startups Group ihre aktive Rolle in der Startup-Szene unterstreichen. Diesmal im Fokus: FinTech. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/german-startups-group-fintech?utm_source=newsletter Kreditech competitor Ferratum going for IPO / Kreditech-Konkurrent Ferratum geht an die Börse FinTech boomt in der Startup-Szene, […]

FinLeap incubates Billfront to enable quicker access to app developer revenues The international FinTech company builder Finleap today announces the launch of BillFront Inc, a company that accelerates growth for app developers and publishers by providing faster and easier access to their revenues. http://www.finextra.com/News/Announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=58551 Polytech Ventures teams up with Temenos to launch first Swiss fintech […]

Highland Capital backs Finanzcheck Highland Capital Partners Europe (HCPE) has invested more than €10m in credit comparison portal Finanzcheck.de. The capital injection will be used for further product development and marketing, as well as to finance a move to bigger offices in Q1 this year. http://www.unquote.com/dach/official-record/2392262/highland-capital-backs-finanzcheck Germany’s Traxpay, Kreditech, Fidor, Mambu and Guidants named to […]

Kreditech Gets $200M Credit Line To Fuel Its Big-Data Based Consumer Lending Business The consumer finance startup that focuses on lending money to “unbanked” consumers with little or no credit rating…is getting a $200 million credit line from Victory Park Capital, one of the largest in the history of online lending services. http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/22/kreditech-gets-200m-credit-line-to-fuel-its-big-data-based-consumer-lending-business/ [ Congratulations […]

Kreditech acquires Kontomierz from Poland Kontomierz from Warsaw, founded in 2009 and employing 16 people, was acquired by Hamburg’s most known FinTech startup Kreditech for an undisclosed amount. With Kreditech’s help Konotmierz to expand to Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Russia. http://venturevillage.eu/today-in-germany-pey-cloudrailatelier-blanchekreditech SWIFT Innotribe opens its 2015 StartupChallenge for fintech startups  Innotribe Startup Challenge introduces fintech […]

cashcloud wins millions in latest funding round “We started very successfully with our eWallet,” said Cashcloud Holdings AG chairman Sven Donhuysen, noting that his company’s eWallet offering won the Banking IT Innovation award this year in a category that included Yapital and PayPal. http://www.paymenteye.com/2014/12/18/cashcloud-wins-millions-in-latest-funding-round/ [Congratulations and best of luck to CashCloud, who presented at our 2nd event in May […]

7 Facts about the record ~$175 M fintech funding in Germany / D.A.CH in 2014 This was a landmark year for fintech, and for us here at FinTech Forum- see the highlights – thanks to all those who joined the FinTech Forum community through our events, newsletters, Q&As and studies. We will be back in the 2nd week […]

Wirecard acquires GFG Group Limited, New Zealand …Die 1990 gegründete GFG Group ist ein führender Anbieter von innovativen Payment Lösungen und Dienstleistungen.  Die Lösungen der GFG sind derzeit in mehr als 20 Ländern bei über 100  Geschäftskunden, insbesondere aus dem Banken- und Telekommunikationsbereich, im Einsatz. http://www.wirecard.de/newsroom/pressemeldungen/newsdetail/wirecard-ag-uebernimmt-gfg-group-limited-neuseeland/ SIX Group mulls fintech incubator Swiss exchange operator SIX […]

HitFox Hatches FinLeap, A New Startup Factory Targeting Fintech …Dubbed FinLeap, the German-styled ‘startup factory’ will be targeting fintech and plans to hatch 4-6 startups per year with a focus on “new technologies and scalable business models” that provide cheaper, simpler and more transparent digital services to both businesses and consumers. http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/01/hitfox-hatches-finleap-a-new-startup-factory-targeting-fintech/ Wirecard Partners With […]