The constant low interest rates at Tagesgeld and fixed deposits in Germany are increasingly looking for savers for alternatives. Online portals promise attractive interest rates, for example from Estonia or Portugal. But the risk of investing there is higher. Anyone who wants to earn money with largely risk-free investment products…
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The Fintech Smava plans the IPO and could be valued at up to half a billion US dollars. Managing Director Alexander Artopé announced the step in the conversation with the news agency dpa-afx. Although there are no details and no date for the stock market launch, but the IPO should…
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Companies are called fintechs when they offer digital financial services and technology. The term fintech is derived from Financial Technology. Fintechs claim to develop the status of existing financial services businesses. This development is mainly digital. The services are related to both the private and the business customer sector, here…
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The financial sector and the financial and insurance companies with a technological base (“fintech” and “insurtech”) believe that if the creation of the “sandbox” is not approved, Spain will lose the opportunity to become a reference center for testing the most innovative products. This has been assured to Efe the…
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The Golem Project is a project based on blockchain technology whose objective is to create a “distributed supercomputer”, which takes advantage of the computing power of all those who are part of its network. The idea behind the project is nothing new, but it is very revolutionary, and instead of…
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For the time being, next Fridays the meetings of the Council of Ministers will become a barrage of initiatives and projects that all ministers will try to approve before the Cortes dissolves on March 5. It is striking that the AEB, CECA, Unacc, Unespa and fintech associations sent a statement…
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A sandbox, in its literal meaning, is a sandbox designed for the little ones to play. In business jargon, however, the term refers to a deregulated space that serves as a testing ground for companies to test an idea that is not yet regulated or supervised by regulatory institutions. Today,…
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Additiv, a Zurich-based provider of digital asset management, wants to grow in Asia. For this he hires a new person in charge of the area. This is a former Credit Suisse manager. As of April 1, 2019, Bert-Jan van Essen will join Additive Asia as Managing Director. In this role,…
Leave a CommentAlthough EU blockchain companies had a record year in VC investment, they were still lagging behind in fintech investments. They looked at Innovate Finance’s FinTech VC investment landscape report from 2018, which shows that fintech companies worldwide have raised $ 36.6 billion from VC investors. In contrast, blockchain and crypto-currency…
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The Swiss bank Credit Suisse wants to invest millions in fintechs. This is more difficult than it sounds, as Swiss corporate and investment banking chief Didier Denat admits. Credit Suisse (CS) has been operating a venture capital firm since 2010, through which it invests in Swiss SMEs. Since last year,…
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