Austria
Austria’s Most Prominent and Fastest-Growing Fintech Startups of 2024
In Austria, fintech is emerging as a dynamic force within the country’s economic landscape. The Fintech Technology Report by the Vienna Business Agency, sheds light on key drivers shaping the sector’s growth. It highlights Vienna’s prominent IT sector, buoyed by
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N26 Begins Rollout of New Stock and ETF Trading Product
N26 announced the launch of a new Stock and ETF trading product that will allow all account holders to buy and sell stocks and ETFs for 0.90 EUR per trade, directly in the N26 app. The launch of this new
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DACH’s Biggest Fintech VC Funding Rounds of 2023
The DACH region, encompassing Germany, Austria and Switzerland, has been experiencing significant growth in its fintech sector, driven by a combination of factors including technological advancements, regulatory support, and increasing consumer demand for digital financial services. This growth has elevated
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Austrian Crypto Platform Bitpanda Sponsors Bayern Munich
FC Bayern and Bitpanda have agreed a multi-year partnership. The Austrian company will be visible as the German record champions’ new Platinum Partner and official crypto trading partner for the first time as the Bundesliga season resumed aon 12 January
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Worldline Introduces Metaverse Shopping Hub
Worldline has released the Worldline Metaverse Shopping Hub within Spatial, a significant upgrade to its white-label solution for merchants seeking access to the Metaverse. Through this platform extension, online businesses will be able to benefit from major advances in graphical
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DACH Payment Survey: Contactless Debit Card Preferred, but Cash Is Still King
Cash is the primary form of payment across Europe, being most frequently used in Austria and Germany and least frequently used in Finland. However, the frequency of payment method usage varies greatly between countries and age groups. The characteristic of
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7 Young Fintech Startups from the DACH Region to Keep an Eye on
Fintech Innovators, a community of fintech and insurtech innovators from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (DACH), has released its annual report featuring the most exciting and fastest-growing fintech and insurtech companies across the DACH region. Produced in collaboration with robo-advisory platform
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Österreichisches Tech News Portal Brutkasten wird von VGN Medien übernommen
Die Brutkasten Gruppe, Österreichs Medienhaus für Startups, Innovation und die digitale Wirtschaft, gibt bekannt, dass der österreichische Magazinverlag, die VGN Medien Holding (u.A. Trend, Woman, tv-media), als strategischer Investor eingestiegen ist und neuer Mehrheitsgesellschafter wird. Als Teil der Transaktion wird
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A New Digital Banking Platform Launched for Corporate Clients in Austria
The well-known digital banking by Erste Bank and Sparkasse is available for corporate clients for the first time. The completely new and stand-alone business banking platform is being launched under the name George Business. “George Business is the business banking
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Bitpanda and Mambu Partner to Offer Simplified Investment Options
Austria-based Bitpanda Technology Solutions has partnered with SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) cloud banking platform Mambu to provide financial institutions with a secure way to offer investment options to customers. With Bitpanda’s domain expertise and Mambu’s core banking technology, banks can integrate investment
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