TraxPay closes $15 million Series B Round to transform B2B payments and financial transactions
Traxpay, the leader in B2B Dynamic Payments, today announced that it has closed $15 Million in series B funding. This oversubscribed round was led by main incubator, corporate incubator of Commerzbank and Software AG. Early investors, Earlybird Venture Capital and former senior APAX partner, Michael Phillips of Castik Capital Partners, also participated in the round. In addition to the capital raise, Traxpay also announced it is joining forces with MasterCard to enable a scalable, global solution connecting buyers and suppliers.
[TraxPay participated in the 1st FinTech Forum event in Nov. 2013. Also read our 7 Questions with John Bruggeman, CEO of TraxPay from earlier this year.]
Chris Berger joins as Senior Advisor to FinTech Forum
Christian Berger is the Managing Director and Founding Member of BeeOne, the digital innovation lab of Erste group since 2012, and a pioneer in building the first digital banking lab of this kind in Central Europe. He brings deep know-how in digital retail banking and a network of relationships especially in Austria / D.A.CH and Central Europe which, as the fastest-growing region for fintech investments after the UK & Ireland, is the focus of FinTech Forum.
Here is our Q&A with Chris, who will be attending the 3rd FinTech Forum event on 20th Nov. 2014, and will be on the roundtable panel “Amazon for shopping, Google for search: will Europe be buying financial Financial Services from American (Fin)Tech Giants in 2020?”. We look forward to working with Chris to put more fintech startups from Central Europe onto the world map!
7 Questions with tradegear co-founders Aleksander and Predrag
Aleksandar is Head of Technology and Products and Predrag is Head of Marketing and Operations with tradegear gmbh, Swiss fintech startup…In the last 5 years we have been working intensively with quantitative investing and trading strategies and would like to share this passion with a broader audience.
http://www.fintechforum.de/7-questions-aleksandar-cetkovic-predrag-micic-co-founders-tradegear/
Clausematch and Counterest win BBVA Open Talent 2014 in Europe
Clausematch and Counterest have won the BBVA Open Talent 2014 Europe contest for the New Banking and Digital Life categories. Both startups won a prize equal to 30,000 euros in the form of a contract with BBVA, which allows them to test their product or service.
Reaktion auf 20 Mio. Euro DVAG-Incentive-Reise: Berliner Startup fairr verlost Tretbootfahrt auf dem Plötzensee
Das Berliner Startup fairr.de kämpft seit zwei Monaten mit einem neuen Riester-Anlagemodell um das Vertrauen und die Aufmerksamkeit von bisher unzufriedenen Riester-Sparern. Zur gleichen Zeit lädt die Deutsche Vermögensberatung DVAG zu einer opulenten Jubiläumsfeier, wie sie die Branche so noch nicht gesehen hat.
https://www.fairr.de/blog/dvag-feiert-die-super-sause-von-malta/
Digital banking: Lessons from the digital disrupters [including inputs from FinTech Forum]
The world’s biggest banks have been slow to embrace the digital era. What can financial services CEOs learn from new, tech-based companies that have successfully disrupted other industries? What needs to change?
Deutsche-Bank-Chef: Startup-Finanzierung nicht Sache der Banken
Die Finanzierung von Startup-Unternehmen ist nach den Worten von Deutsche-Bank-Co-Chef Jürgen Fitschen nicht Aufgabe der Banken. Gefragt sei stattdessen Risikokapital, sagte Fitschen am Dienstag beim Tag der Deutschen Industrie in Berlin. Die Banken könnten dabei zwar helfen, doch nicht mit dem Geld ihrer Kunden, das sie treuhänderisch verwalten würden.
http://www.onvista.de/news/deutsche-bank-chef-startup-finanzierung-nicht-sache-der-banken-1154899
Bundesregierung befreit Wagniskapital-Zuschuss von Steuern
Das Bundeskabinett hat gestern die Steuerfreiheit für den Invest-Zuschuss beschlossen. Den steuerpolitischen Schritt hatte die Regierung bereits im Juni angekündigt.
Kapital über Cashboard anlegen
Geldanlage: Die Gründer Robert und Stephan Henker sowie Marius Schulze starten das Finanz-Portal Cashboard. Damit wollen sie Privatpersonen ab sofort die Möglichkeit bieten, ihr Kapital auf unterschiedliche Weise anzulegen sowie beim Portfolio-Management, bei der Steueroptimierung und bei der Risikobegrenzung.
http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/09/25/spotcar-hochzeitscheck-kaufhaus-com-cashboard-pagido/
Individuelle Beratung – gute Lösungen
Finanzchef24 hilft Existenzgründern genau dabei – online wie offline. Start-ups nutzen einfach den umfangreichen Vergleichsrechner und stellen sich so ihren individuellen Versicherungsschutz online selbst zusammen.
Free Guide: How fintech is reshaping the finance sector and YOUR money too
How can you be ready for the changes fintech is bringing to finance? How is it changing the finance sector? What difference will it make to your business?In our insider’s guide, written by Kantox CEO Philippe Gelis and Finance Insights Manager Tim Woods, we answer these questions.
http://finance-insights.kantox.com/fintech-reshaping-finance