BTC-ECHO had already reported on the Lightning Torch, a kind of Olympic flame for bitcoin enthusiasts. In particular, the difficulties of sending Satoshis from the US to Iran sparked controversy in the scene. Despite the adversities, the Torch finally reached Persian realms. Now all political hurdles seem to have been…
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The Berlin insurance startup Wefox has just announced a round of financing over 110 million euros. This is the highest amount of funding for a German Insurtech startup. Last year, the total financing for German insurance startups was just 150 million euros, as shown by a survey by Finanzchef24. Compared…
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The central bank of Mexico is in talks with Amazon to launch a new mobile payment system, backed by the state. That would allow consumers to pay for purchases online using QR codes, said the general director of payments of the bank. It would be the first time that Amazon,…
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Apple becomes the provider of credit cards, albeit (initially) only in the US. The company from Cupertino presented its own credit card in cooperation with Goldman Sachs at yesterday’s launch event in the USA. This is specially designed for users of the iPhone and should offer some additional features. The…
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German InsurTech companies were more popular with investors than ever before in 2018. More than $ 173 million was invested in startups in the digital insurance industry, according to the findings of an InsurTech funding study by Finanzchef24. Digital direct insurers received the most investments Especially digital direct insurers aroused…
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The two brothers Julian and Paul Zehetmayr founded the software company apilayer in 2015, which also includes eversign – a leading platform for the digital signing of documents. In March, they announced the acquisition of the US platform “Docracy”, which offers templates for contracts. We spoke with the two Viennese…
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Certain startups and grownups knows almost everyone. Some are almost omnipresent in the scene as well as in the startup and business press. But every few seconds a startup is founded somewhere in Germany. Among these many new startups, but also among the numerous grownups are some companies that are…
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FinTecSystems received the BaFin permit as an account information service as well as a payment initiation service. In the competition of the Fintechs the Munich can now offer their services from the digital bank information to the payment initiation regulated. They are very happy about the BaFin permit. They have…
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The Viennese startup Refurbed has raised fresh capital. The proud sum of two million euros will be borne in part by the Londonbased VC Atomico, which was founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström. Atomico is one of the largest European VCs and also invested in the payment startup Klarna. But…
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Headquartered in Australia, Airwallex is the latest technology company to enter the unicorn club of one billion dollars. The company announced today that it has closed a $ 100 million Series C round that values its business above $ 1 billion. Airwallex Started in Melbourne in 2015 by four Chinese…
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