UBS and easySYS announce partnership in the Corporate Financial Management

UBS und easySYS haben eine Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Corporate Financial Management (CFM) vereinbart. Buchhaltungsdaten werden bald automatisch mit Saldo- und Transaktionsdaten abgeglichen.

http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/june-2015/zusammenarbeit-zwischen-ubs-und-easysys

5^th FinTech Forum, Vienna: what do telcos, tech and travel sectors think about FinTech?

The 5^th FinTech Forum kicked off with some surprising results about the region’s FinTech scene from the 2^nd Study of FinTech in D.A.CH & CEE. The presenting startups came from D.A.CH and Central & Eastern Europe, and featured innovations in bitcoins/blockchain, payments, lending etc. Battling it out on the panel “Disrupting Finance: Perspectives from Other Sectors” were Telekom Austria’s Dieter Trimmel, Erste Group’s Maurizio Poletto, Penta Investment’s Ranjan Singh, SpeedInvest Partner Michael Schuster, and Oak HC/FT Venture Partner Jonathan Weiner.

Cashcloud puts pre-paid MasterCard in e-wallet

Product innovation by cashcloud: The mobile eWallet provider cashcloud now offers its users a Prepaid MasterCard expanding thereby its already extensive offerings.

http://www.finextra.com/news/announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=60135

Traxpay appoints Jochen Siegert as chief operating officer

With an impressive pedigree in the payments industry, Siegert has held senior executive management positions at FinTech giants PayPal and MasterCard. Reporting directly to the company’s CEO, his deep understanding of the financial technology sector will be a key advantage to accelerating Traxpay’s global expansion from an operations standpoint.

http://www.finextra.com/news/announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=60216

Geneva’s fintech accelerator gains momentum

Fintech Fusion, Switzerland’s first fintech accelerator with permanent office in the centre of Geneva, announces the nomination of Sébastien Flury as its Program Director.

http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/june-2015/geneva-s-fintech-accelerator-gains-momentum

So You Want To Build A Full Stack Startup In Fintech?

Chris Dixon describes a full stack approach as letting you “bypass industry incumbents.” While fintech startups are trying to accomplish exactly this, you can’t begin attacking industry incumbents unless you understand the regulatory landscape and learn how to use regulation to your advantage (or at least manage the risks).

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/18/so-you-want-to-build-a-full-stack-startup-in-fintech/

Digital Bank or FinTech? You’re not a digital bank…

… So do you want to know if you are a Digital Bank? Take the test below and rank yourself out of 5 for each element. If you average 4-5 you are a digital bank. Below 3 – nope.

http://www.banking4tomorrow.com/digital-bank-or-fintech-youre-not-a-digital-bank/

Exasol in-memory appliance turns data into a decision-making tool

In-memory analytics is gaining steam in industries such as retail and finance, as people seek insight on how to stock product inventory and determine the right time to make a trade.

https://powermore.dell.com/technology/exasol-in-memory-appliance-turns-data-into-a-decision-making-tool/

Power of social gives investment bankers and asset managers a run for their money

The fat cats of high finance risk being stripped of their supremacy in matters of investment by a breaking wave of socially-enabled commerce. A gaggle of data sharing platforms, targeting the higher echelons of the financial world, were out in force at MoneyConf in Belfast on 15 June, plying their wares.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/power-social-gives-investment-bankers-asset-managers-run-their-money-1506299

Nach Aufgabe der Banklizenz – Bergfürst kündigt neue Emission an

Viel Bewegung gab es in den letzten Wochen bei Bergfürst, erst vor wenigen Tagen wurde bekannt, dass die Investmentplattform ihre Banklizenz zurückgegeben hat. Nun kann das Berliner Unternehmen endlich wieder eine neue Emission verkünden: Der Uhrenhersteller C.H.Wolf aus Glashütte wird über Bergfürst Anteile verkaufen und will bei der Kapitalerhöhung mindestens 500.000 Euro einnehmen.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/neue-emission-uhrenhersteller-bergfuerst?

SAP Financial Services Forum Focus: Matthias Kröner, Fidor Bank

Co-founder of DAB Bank, continental Europe’s first online broker, and once the youngest CEO and executive board member of a German bank in German banking history Kröner’s career has blended the world of banking, financial services and technology.

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=27493

Alternative Finanzierungswege und ihre Vor- und Nachteile

Mangelndes Startkapital ist noch immer einer der Hauptgründe für gescheiterte Gründungen in Deutschland. Dorian Hildebrandt, Gründer und Geschäftsführer von Tageau.com, zeigt in diesem Gastbeitrag alternative Finanzierungswege und ihre Vor- und Nachteile für Jungunternehmen auf.

http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/06/24/alternative-finanzierungswege-und-ihre-vor-und-nachteile/

Kredite? Gerne, aber nicht für Startups!

…Kritisiert wurde von den befragten Startups vor allem, dass die Banken immer mehr Kreditsicherheiten fordern (40 Prozent), dass alles Geschäftliche noch detaillierter dokumentiert werden muss (35 Prozent) und sich die Anforderungen an Offenlegung und Eigenkapitalquote erhöht haben (je 30 Prozent).

http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/banken-kredite-startup-bitkom-studie