At the beginning of 2019, set the German fintech financing record: the Berlin-based startup N26. A total of 686 million euros of venture capital flowed according to a survey by the consulting firm Barkow Consulting in the first quarter of 2019 to financial startups from the Federal Republic. From January…
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Berlin-based startup Wirelane receives the Red Dot Award for its specially developed charging station. The international design award Red Dot has been identifying the best products of each year since 1955. In 2019, designers and companies from 55 countries submitted more than 5,500 products to the competition. Wirelane CEO Constantin…
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Peter Thiel is a startup investor and an agitator at the same time. In an interview, the billionaire now rails against conformism in Silicon Valley – and has bad news for Berlin. Paypal founder and billionaire Peter Thiel has again swung the verbal lobe against Silicon Valley. “The likelihood that…
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At the end of 2017, Google invested in the Viennese startup StreamUnlimited. Now, the company itself acquires shares in IoT specialist guh BmbH, which offers a solution for the Internet of Things with nymea.io. StreamUnlimited, which specializes in audio streaming and voice assistant solutions for consumer electronics, is gaining 20…
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The Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Andalusia held today at its headquarters a conference on “New opportunities for financing companies” which was opened by the Secretary General of CEA, Luis Fernández-Palacios, and the Director General of Analysis, Planning and Economic Policy of the Junta de Andalucía, Esperanza Nieto. Within the framework…
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The Spanish Association of Fintech and Insurtech (AEFI) has prepared its first AEFI Voice report in which it analyzes what the openbanking concept means and what are the implications of the EU regulation PSD2, which will take effect officially in the month of September, for the financial sector in general,…
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Mexico is establishing itself as one of the strongest startup ecosystems in Latin America. In the last year it has consolidated as one of the most outstanding countries in the field of innovation in Fintech, the financial technology sector. It is already the largest ecosystem in the region, second only…
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Coinbase, the North American cryptocurrency exchange, launched the Coinbase Card, which allows UK customers to pay at retail stores using digital assets, according to an announcement posted on a blog post on April 10. What is the Coinbase Card? The Coinbase Card is a Visa debit card loaded with the…
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The International Monetary Fund warns that global growth is slowing to its lowest rate since the financial crisis. But while urging financial inclusion, do not expect the IMF to accept Bitcoin in the short term. Lowest economic growth since the financial crisis After making a downward revision, at the lowest…
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In the last decade we have witnessed the evolution of the ventures and how technology has revolutionized the way in which citizens began to consume different financial products and services, opening the door to several platforms and models that help the society. A clear example is the Fintech companies, entities…
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