FinTech startup SoFi – known for its online loan services – is partnering with the main crypto exchange, Coinbase, based in the United States, to implement support for cryptocommerce. About Sofi Sofi, based in San Francisco, will launch its cryptoservices for the second quarter of 2019. Sofi CEO Anthony Noto,…
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In spite of the fintech boom, asset managers do much more than they did 30 years ago. With Etops Pius Stucki starts again – and wants to abolish part of the manual work. It has been more than 15 years since Pius Stucki started working as a business information specialist…
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The new «IFZ Fintech Study 2019» of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences shows a sizeable growth of 62 percent for the sector in 2018 compared to the previous year. But not only quantitatively does the importance of fintechs increase: The study also notes that the “scene” has become more…
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Lucerne University of Applied Sciences undertook a comprehensive review of the Swiss fintech market for the fourth time. The study shows that the local FinTech sector has again grown strongly and continues to gain importance. She also explores the question of how traditional banks deal with digital evolution. This year…
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In the past year 2018, German financial startups have collected as much risk capital as in any year before, according to a report in the Handelsblatt on 7 January. This presents figures of the German consulting firm Barkow Consulting based in Dusseldorf A total of around 1.1 billion euros were…
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The career of the neobanks to reach the Olympus of finance is beginning to bear fruit. A few weeks ago we knew that Revolut, the British fintech but based in Lithuania, obtained its banking license after so many years struggling for it. In this way, the entity can start offering…
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Software development company MonetaGo has moved from Hyperledger Fabric to R3 Corda as a blockchain enterprise platform, the economic magazine Global Trade Review (GTR) reported on February 26. MonetaGo, which previously had links with both platforms, will now use Corda to continue its expansion in Mexico and other international markets…
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The blockchain fintech Agora Innovation from Frankfurt secured its first investment of 750,000 euros in a seed round of financing, announced High-Tech Gründerfonds on 25 February. The semi-state early-stage financier High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) provided the complete sum as the sole investor. Equipped with this start-up capital Agora Innovation wants to…
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It is a financing round that raises Germany’s fintech scene to a higher level: the banking startup N26 has raised 260 million euros from investors – to a valuation of 2.3 billion euros. This makes it one of the top rated startups in Germany six years after its founding. But…
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A report from CB Insights for The New York Times reveals the 50 companies that could reach a valuation of $ 1,000 million in the coming years. Among the ranking are startups such as Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, which even surpass this valuation and emprendimientos related to services and technology continue…
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