e.ventures und Co. investieren in Zinspilot
e.ventures und namhafte Business Angels wie Stefan Wiskemann, Christoph Linkwitz und Stefan Glänzer investieren in Zinspilot, ein Fintech-Start-up aus Hamburg. „Zinspilot ist der Single-Account-Service, auf den viele Anleger gewartet haben: Bessere Zinsen ohne ständige Bankwechsel….“
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/10/31/zinspilot-quandoo-locca-und-co-sammeln-geld-ein/
EN: e.ventures and prominent business angels invested in Zinspilot, which offers better interest rates without having to change your bank.
DvH Ventures investiert in Policen-Marktplatz passt24
„Mit passt24.de erweitern wir unser Portfolio von FinTech-Unternehmen. Obwohl sich bereits jeder zweite Versicherungsnehmer online über Produkte informiert, werden nur rund 10 % aller Neuverträge auch online abgeschlossen“…
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/11/04/dvh-ventures-investiert-policen-marktplatz-passt24/
EN: DvH Ventures invests in passt24, which goes beyond just providing policy information to online advisory and contract closure.
7 Questions with Daniel Neis from KOINA
My name is Daniel Neis [CEO & Founder / KOINA AG], 42, business economist, I have over 15 years of experience as an ecopreneur and founder, as a consultant for startups and as a visionary strategist with a focus on management, marketing and sales…KOINA builds a credit-network which offers a unique web application as an all-in-one service from autonomous credit creation to the POS.
http://www.fintechforum.de/7-questions-daniel-neis-koina/
No Rest for FinTech – Applications Now Open for (Barclays / TechStars Accelerator) Cohort #2!
There is never a dull moment in FinTech these days, and applications opened this week for our second cohort of Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars. We are extremely proud of our alumni and are eager to get going again.
http://www.techstars.com/no-rest-for-fintech-applications-now-open-for-cohort-2/
(Meet Jess and Greg from the Barclays Accelerator on 20th Nov. at our (sold-out) 3rd event!)
Banking IT-Innovation Award 2014 geht an Cashcloud, Commerzbank, Fidor Bank und UBS
Das CC Sourcing vergab am 29./30.10.2014 zum vierten Mal den „Banking IT-Innovation Award“.
(Cashcloud presented at the 2nd FinTech Forum event, in May 2014. Read our “7 Questions with Sven Donhuysen, CEO of cashcloud AG” from earlier this year.)
Dassault Systèmes has named the winner of its FinTech startup programme as software and analytics firm Prophis.
The London-based startup, formerly known as Pontchartrain Advisors, impressed the judges with its solution to help businesses in the investment management industry extract more value and insights from their ‘medium data’.
http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/3D_FinTech_Challenge_2014_Winner.php
7 Reasons to attend Startupbootcamp FinTech Demo Day (12th Nov. in London)
1. Londin is the place to be in FinTech
The City didn’t pull its reputation for the world’s financial capital out of thin air. “Fintech financing in the region has grown at twice the rate of Silicon Valley since 2008”, says Accenture. Around $265 million were invested in fintech in UK and Ireland in 2013, and a large part of that in London.
(Meet us at the SBC FinTech Demo Day this Wednesday – 14:00 at The Lindley Hall, London)
Indexvestor bietet Finanzanlageberatung zum Festpreis
Das Münchner Start-up Indexvestor bietet Nutzern eine unabhängige Finanzanlageberatung zum Festpreis von 99 Euro (Startangebot) an.
Geld auf das Handy von Freunden überweisen – Klimpr macht’s möglich
Mit den vom Zürcher Jungunternehmen Klimpr kürzlich lancierten Apps für Android und iPhone existiert endlich ein einfacher Weg, Zahlungen im Freundeskreis schnell und sicher via Handy zu erledigen.
World’s First Crypto-Currency Bank: Fidor Bank AG and Kraken Welcome Potential Partners in Establishing Banking Platform
Munich-based Fidor Bank AG (http://www.fidor.de), Germany’s first Web 2.0 Bank, and Kraken are launching an initiative to establish a „specialised bank for crypto-currencies“. The initiative aims to set up the world’s first fully regulated and licensed financial services entity in this sector.
INTERVIEW: Ingo Mierswa, CEO, RapidMiner
RapidMiner is a software platform … that provides an integrated environment for machine learning, data mining, text mining, predictive analytics and business analytics.
http://inside-bigdata.com/2014/11/03/interview-ingo-mierswa-ceo-rapidminer/
Marc Andreessen on Finance: ‘We Can Reinvent the Entire Thing’
“We have a chance to rebuild the system. Financial transactions are just numbers; it’s just information. You shouldn’t need 100,000 people and prime Manhattan real estate and giant data centers full of mainframe computers from the 1970s to give you the ability to do an online payment.
European fintech investments soar
Venture capital investment in European fintech companies surged in the first three quarters of the year, driven by growing investor and customer demand.
http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-10-27/fintech-news-2-european-fintech-investments-soar
How a Swiss start-up benefits from a UK accelerator program
DATANEXT is a SaaS for small asset and wealth managers…The start-up was selected as a finalist for the 3D Fintech challenge, a UK accelerator program.
In drei Jahren werden wir an die 1.000 Mitarbeiter haben” – Sebastian Diemer, CEO Kreditech
Auf der ersten und größten Karriereveranstaltung speziell für die Digitalwirtschaft, dem Online-Karrieretag, sprachen wir in Hamburg mit Sebastian Diemer, dem Gründer und Geschäftsführer von Kreditech. Das Unternehmen verwendet Big Data und komplexe selbstlernende Algorithmen mit dem Ziel, schnelle und nachhaltige Kreditentscheidungen zu treffen.
15 Fragen an Matthias Kröner (Fidor Bank): Man muss den Kunden Rede und Antwort stehen
Jeden Freitag beantwortet ein Gründer oder eine Gründerin unseren standardisierten Fragebogen. Der Fragenkatalog lebt von der Vergleichbarkeit der unterschiedlichen Fragen, die alle Gründerinnen und Gründer beantworten müssen – diesmal antwortet Matthias Kröner, CEO der Fidor Bank.
Anlageberatung: Zeitalter der Roboter ist gekommen…
Ende Oktober kündigte der US-Onlinebroker Charles Schwab an, auf Algorithmen basierende Anlageberatung („Robo-Advisory“) erstmals ab 2015 überhaupt anzubieten – und das gebührenfrei.
European Venture and Growth: Finally Crossing the Chasm
Every month the Go4Venture Monthly European Venture & Growth Equity Market Bulletin analyses the European Venture market. In the recent edition covering the month of September the authors see on the one hand the market becoming more and more mature. On the other hand there are clear signs of overheating.
FCA (UK’s Financial Conduct Authority) out to ‚unlock‘ fintech innovation
The head of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has pledged to help „unlock“ the benefits of financial technology innovation at the launch of a new support service for fintech start-ups in London today.
http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2014-10-28/fca-launches-innovation-hub-for-fintech-startups
Zinspilot: Dieses FinTech-Startup will Ordnung ins Konto-Chaos bringen
Für gute Zinsen müssen Anleger oft neue Konten jenseits ihrer Hausbank eröffnen. Zinspilot will das ändern – wie, das erzählen die Gründer im Interview.
http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/zinspilot-interview
Kraken.com Launches USD, GBP Funding and GBP Trading in Partnership with PayCash
Kraken.com, a San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange, is pleased to announce its partnership with PayCash, a Luxembourg-based leader in innovative EU-focused payment solutions. The partnership will allow Kraken to provide both US dollar (USD) and British pound (GBP) funding to its clients.
Wirecard at the CARTES 2014: Solutions for the Mobile Economy
The Wirecard Group will be presenting its comprehensive portfolio of technology and solutions for a mobile, cashless future at CARTES Secure Connexions in Paris, from 4 to 6 November 2014.