FinTech Forum D-A-CH turns one! Presenting the FTFD Class of 2013.
We turned a year old in July, and decided to celebrate with our community of startups- this week we showcase the FTFD Class of 2013: with plenty of opportunities for partners, investors, banks, new hires etc. Drop us a line if you would like to connect to any of our fintech rising stars.
Top 10 European FinTechs attracting Funding
Kreditech among the top 5 in this list of the ten largest European FinTech funding rounds in 2014 so far – apart from Klarna (GBP 67.8 mn), borro (GBP 65.4 mn), Funding Circle (GBP 65 mn) and iZettle (GBP 36.3 mn)
http://issuu.com/runwildmedia/docs/the_city_issuu_august/45?e=12964288/8799659
7 Questions with Benedikt and Philipp of Biometric Credit Bureau
BCB Biometric Credit Bureau offers services tailor-made to microfinance institutions and Savings and Credit Co-operatives in sub-Saharan Africa. BCB collects and analyzes personal loan/credit information using a unique, low budget IT solution.
Commerzbank und Sutor Bank machen ernst in Sachen Start-ups
Die Commerzbank, die bereits den Main Incubator startete, plant den Aufbau eines eigenen Risikokapitalablegers. Details sind noch nicht bekannt. Eine weitere Bank, die sich derzeit an Start-ups ranmacht, ist die Sutor Bank. Sie stellt Jungfirmen eine Start-up-Plattform zur Verfügung.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/08/01/commerzbank-sutor-bank-startups/
Rethinking fintech innovation at Next Bank Europe – Barcelona 18-19 Sep
Re-think the future of finance at our Partner Event, Next Bank Europe in Barcelona on 18 and 19 September: innovators from within and outside financial services institutions come together at Next Bank Europe to explore the digital transformation of the industry.
More information at http://www.nextbankeurope.com/
German Equity Crowdfunding Platform Bergfürst Gets Banking License
Bergfürst, a German investment crowdfunding platform that also incorporates an electronic trading platform as a secondary market, has received a banking license from Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin).
Amazon Could Be Working On A Square Competitor
Rumors have been coming in that Amazon is readying a mobile payments product that could compete with Square, Intuit GoPayment and PayPal Here.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/amazon-could-be-working-on-a-square-competitor/
FinTechs zwingen Banken zum Umdenken
Marktanalyse von Horváth & Partners stellt die Top 12 Geschäftsmodelle vor
Die Bankfiliale der Zukunft wird das Handy sein: Number26
Mit dem Slogan „Banking aber besser“ startete im vergangenen Jahr Number26, eine Anwendung, die das verstaubte Image der Bankgeschäfte aufpolieren will.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/07/29/die-bankfiliale-der-zukunft-wird-das-handy-sein/
Payfriendz seeks to innovate P2P payments with messaging, social features
Newcomer Payfriendz wants to innovate mobile peer-to-peer payments with a unique messaging feature, but whether social is enough to compete against the likes of PayPal is questionable.
http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/could-payfriendz-outplay-paypal-with-messaging-social-features
Exclusive Q&A with Traxpay CMO & SVP of Product Management, David Descharnais
Traxpay uses data and logic to facilitate real time payments for the enterprise business.
Hacking Finance @ business innovation and technical workshops at Next Bank Europe (17 Sep.)
Hacking Finance Tech @ is a technical workshop aimed at developers & designers and Hacking Finance Biz @ is a business workshop for fintech innovators in general.
Sign up to co-create innovative fintech solutions: http://www.nextbankeurope.com/buy-your-ticket/