Austrian Unicorn Bitpanda Secures Additional €10 Million in Extension of Series B Round
Austrian investment platform Bitpanda announced that it has raised an additional €10 million as an extension of its Series B funding round. This extension brings crypto and fintech investors Jump Capital and market makers Winterntermute Trading, to Bitpanda, with participation
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2021 Breaks Record in Fintech SPAC Deal Count and Volume
In Q1 2021, 17 blank check companies announced plans to merge with fintech firms, totaling a combined valuation of US$62.396 billion, data from fintech-focused investment bank Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners) show. These figures are a new record for the
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Forge Raises Over US$150 Million in Funding, Backed by Deutsche Börse and Temasek
Forge Global, a global private securities marketplace, announced that it has received Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) approval to operate as a single broker dealer with SharesPost following a merger in 2020, and that it closed an oversubscribed round of
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Kaspar& holt Ex-Twint-CEO an Bord und schliesst erste Finanzierungsrunde ab
Mit Kaspar& wächst der Markt der digitalen Vermögensverwalter in der Schweiz um einen vielversprechenden Player. Im Gegensatz zu bestehenden digitalen Angeboten, welche sich oftmals auf Marktnischen fokussieren, sieht sich Kaspar& als Vermögensverwalter des Schweizer Mittelstandes und will mit seiner App
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Germany’s Aareal Bank Group Integrates PayPal Into Its B2B Payment Solution
Aareal Bank Group has expanded its Aareal Exchange & Payment Platform solution (AEPP), which was launched in 2020, by allowing the option to pay with PayPal. Moving forward, companies will be able to offer their customers payments via PayPal, including
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Bill.com to Acquire Expense Management Startup Divvy for “US$2.5 Billion”
Bill.com, a provider of cloud-based software, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Divvy in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion. Divvy focuses on spend management that modernises finance for business by
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Jürg Stuker neu im Beirat von ti&m
Mit dem erfahrenen Digitalisierungsexperten Jürg Stuker gewinnt ti&m einen Top-Shot der Schweizer Digitalisierungsbranche für seinen Expertenbeirat. Er unterstützt die Geschäftsleitung vor allem in den Bereichen Service Design und Banking Experience, zwei der Kernkompetzenzen von ti&m. Jürg Stuker ist ein Digitalisierer
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Shift Technology Joins the Unicorn Club by Securing $220 Million in Investment
Shift Technology, a France-based SaaS provider of AI-driven decision automation and optimisation solutions for the insurance industry, announced that it has closed a Series D investment round of $220 million. The latest funding round brings total investment in Shift to
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Swiss Contactless Payments Has Continued to Flourish, Neobanks Rise in Popularity
The Swiss Payment Monitor found that the trend towards credit card use and contactless payment has continued to flourish in Switzerland. The Swiss Payment Monitor is a joint research project between the University of St.Gallen and the ZHAW Zurich University
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Revolut Kicks off Beta Phase of Bitcoin Withdrawals
Revolut, a British fintech company offering banking services, has rolled out the beta launch of bitcoin withdrawals to customer’s own preferred digital wallets. The neobank added that during this beta phase, U.K.-based Metal customers will be able to withdraw up
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