Mizuho Bank will partner with more than 60 financial institutions to use its J-Coin Pay platform while serving more than 59 million customers. Mizuho Financial Group, one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, plans to launch its own digital currency called J-Coin. Last week, on February 21, local news publication Nikkei…
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The Euribor is a key financial instrument to determine the economic evolution of a country and is used throughout the Euro zone. This is the main reference used by banks to calculate the interest rate applied to their loans and this is true since the single currency exists. Financial analysts,…
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With Yunar, Deutsche Bank is now launching a large copy of this wallet under its own new brand. Big in Berlin The Germans are not only a people of the cash payer, but also the austerity fox. Where previously diligently discount coupons were cut out, have set the loyalty programs…
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Konux has raised another $ 13 million as part of an expansion of its Series B round of financing. Thus, the sum of the current financing is now a proud $ 33 million. Involved in the round are lead investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Upbeat Ventures, MIG AG and the…
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With the GoEuro there is a few months ago another (rare) unicorn in Berlin. Shortly after the announcement of the 150-million-round changes the Grownup, which last employed 300 employees, now surprisingly his name. When changing the name is more than just that From now on, the platform for booking rail,…
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In Germany there are more and more start-ups and young companies. The development bank KfW comes to this conclusion in a current report and names around 108,000 founders and 60,000 new companies in this country. Deliveroo also started small. Meanwhile, the delivery service is a unicorn. Will Shu, founder of…
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) based in Basel published a report on the application of technology to finance, or fintech, and the structure of the financial services market. The subtitle of the report, more in-depth, reveals the intentions of the authors: “changes in the markets and implications for financial stability”.…
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TV formats such as “The Cave of the Lions” on VOX give you the feeling that everyone in Germany is starting a startup and employees are now rather boring and exotic. But if you look at the facts, a different picture becomes visible. According to KfW there were 1,548,000 founders…
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The Zurich EY banking specialist Urs Palmieri wants to spread the tech expertise from Asia to Switzerland. Because in this country he misses a certain innovative strength and the courage to take calculated risks. Mr. Palmieri, after seven years in Singapore, you have been back in Switzerland since the beginning…
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We share an interview with Markus Rupprecht, the founder of the Frankfurt fintech, Traxpay: Mr. Rupprecht, your company, the Frankfurt Fintech Traxpay, has landed after our information, a pretty big deal. They have won the retail giant Edeka as a customer. That’s right, right? Almost. In addition to the nationwide…
Continue readingThe story of the Fintechs who waited 10 years for the breakthrough: The Traxpay case
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