Technology floods everything and there is not a single corner without the internet being present. In fact, the most valuable companies in the world are technological. Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple … are just some of the giants that move the “electronic threads” of the world. As an example, the latter…
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A MIT investigation destroys the myth that only young entrepreneurs are more successful On many occasions, youth and fame often go hand in hand. Even more so when it comes to giant technological companies that have become an icon of the new economy and whose founders created them when they…
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The Federal Reserve is reluctant to grant companies a license that would allow them, like banks, direct access to the Fed’s systems. Among the young technology companies that are active in, for example, payments or lending, consumer protection and risk management left much to be desired, is the criticism of…
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N26, a German startup supported by PayPal investor and co-founder Peter Thiel, has raised $ 300 million in a round of Series D financing. The investment places the company’s valuation at around 2,700 million dollars.The financing round takes place only 10 months after the last and will be used to…
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The account opening takes place on the smartphone and lasts ten minutes. The app is free, domestic and sepa transfers cost nothing. The Swiss start-up Neon wants to offer one of the slimmest and cheapest forms of banking: an account app and a Maestro card. Neon wants to push in…
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Germany the startup founding metropolis Founders and start-ups were able to score more heavily in financial terms in 2018. Overall, start-ups in Germany were able to collect the record amount of almost 4.6 billion euros last year, 7 percent more than in the previous year. The number of investments reached…
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If it attracts Austrian startups to the United States, then the Silicon Valley is often the big goal. This is not always useful. New York is home to big banks, hedge funds and insurance companies – a paradise for fintechs. Even interior design, fashion or media startups are better off…
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According to a report from the start-up platform “the incubator” on 25 January, the Vienna-based payment service provider Transpaygo announced a future collaboration with Ripple to use its new xRapid payment system for international money transfers. The Viennese fintech company specializes mainly in money transfers for small and medium-sized enterprises.…
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A new financial industry born in the digital era Have you imagined a world without physical bank branches, in which all the services could be solved at any time of the day through your smartphone? This reality is getting closer every day thanks to the new online financial products of…
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In the past year, start-ups worldwide have collected as much venture capital as never before, according to a recent study. In Germany, investors rely primarily on artificial intelligence. With a total of $ 254 billion, start-ups worldwide received a new record sum of investors last year. The venture capital provided…
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