The Fintech platform YouHodler is increasing its global reach and adding an additional collateral option to its growing list. Due to the high demand from their community, YouHodler now offers Stellar (XLM) as the newest security option. The new offer comes shortly after Bitcoin SV has been launched on the…
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For the third time, FT1000 has been published by Financial Times and Statista. It shows which companies in Europe grew the fastest between 2014 and 2017. First place is a fintech. Fintech Blue Motor Finance from the UK At the top of the list is Fintech Blue Motor Finance from…
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According to a blog post by the US tech company TechCrunch, the Swiss blockchain startup Amun AG has taken in a financing round about four million US dollars in venture capital. As the startup announced in its own PR release, investors include many notable personalities including Adam Draper, founder of…
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Once the German online payment service provider was more valuable on the stock market than the Deutsche Bank. The supervisory authorities are now considering Wirecard. Which also operates in Switzerland, as the trigger for a conflagration and are stepping in. This has never happened before. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority…
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Shell takes over the German battery startup Sonnen. After the oil multinational had already entered Sun as an investor in May 2018, the startup is to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell after appropriate regulatory approval. To innovate and integrate energy offerings The agreement strengthens both companies to innovate…
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The venture capital arms of Google and Salesforce.com Inc. are investing in UK based payment startup GoCardless. Which has raised an additional US $ 75 million to finance its expansion. The financing is headed by Adams Street Partners, GV formerly known as Google Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, GoCardless said in…
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Apple has acquired the startup specialized in artificial intelligence technologies and voice assistance, Pullstring. With which it hopes to improve the adoption of Siri and compete with the great leader in the sector of virtual assistants Alexa of Amazon. About Pullstring Pullstring was founded in 2011 by a group of…
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Now let’s take a look at the three startups. That are now the topics of many reports. Mambu US investor Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Acton Capital, CommerzVentures, Point Nine Capital and Runa Capital are investing € 30 million in Fintech Mambu. Mambu is a SaaS banking platform. Launched…
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Technological giants such as Amazon, Google, Facebook and Alibaba have an advantage over traditional financial technology companies like fintech. Because they have unlimited user information and capital that allows them to compete strongly and Financial Stability Board. In the analysis Fintech and the structure of the financial services market, the…
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JPMorgan continues to get it wrong. Using blockchain to run a closed network is like wearing a designer suit to wash your car. But that is shortsighted and misguided thinking, according to Ron Shevlin, Director of Research at Cornerstone Advisors. In an article for Forbes, he argues that the announcement…
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