Tag "Europe"
8 Climate Fintech Startups from Europe to Watch
Driven by a supportive policy context and the multitude of initiatives introduced by governments across the region, Europe is rising to leadership in the field of climate fintech, being home to four times as many climate fintech companies compared to
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Berlin and London Named Amongst Europe’s Top 5 Fintech Hubs
Deep Ecosystems, a Germany-based accelerator for ecosystem projects, have released its 7th edition of the Startup Heatmap Report, ranking Europe’s top 50 most popular startup hubs in the continent. The ranking is based on a survey that polled more than
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Europe’s Next 10 Fintech Unicorns
Sifted has released its ranking of this year’s top 100 fastest-growing business-to-business (B2B) soonicorns poised to join the ranks of Europe’s US$1 billion-plus startups. Among this year’s ranking, 37 are B2B fintech companies, making the category the second most represented
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The 20 Most Influential Fintech Marketers in Europe
The Fintech Marketing Hub, a global fintech marketing community, has released its selection of the world’s top 30 most influential fintech marketers for 2022, recognizing the professionals behind the sector’s success. These 30 fintech marketers were selected by a judging
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Top 10 Master’s Degrees in Fintech in Europe
Higher education institutions around the world are catching up to the technology disruption unfolding in the financial industry, actively introducing programs especially designed to cater to rising demand for new skills and knowledge in the field of fintech. In Europe,
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European Banks Move Towards Open Finance
Across Europe, banks are moving beyond open banking and PSD2 requirements, steadily transitioning towards open finance, a new report by open banking startup Salt Edge says. The paper, titled State of open banking payments in Europe in 2021, draws on
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Top 50 Early-Stage Insurtechs in Europe
With 29 out of 50 companies, the UK takes the lion’s share in this year’s Future50, a ranking by Insurtech Insights and Sønr depicting Europe’s top 50 most promising early-stage insurtech startups. These 50 insurtechs were selected out of thousands
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Europe Paved the Way for Open Banking but Held Back by Adoption Discrepancies
Europe is often considered a pioneer in the widespread introduction of open banking, but despite groundbreaking regulations like PSD2, significant differences and discrepancies exist between countries of the continent, a new research by German open banking platform Ndgit found. In
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European Funding Trends: Soaring Wealthtech and Insurtech Funding
In Q2 2021, European fintech companies raised a record of US$7.2 billion in venture capital (VC) funding, a 30% quarter on quarter (QoQ) surge driven by insurtech and wealthtech companies, according to new data from CB Insights. Among all fintech
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The 10 Most-Well Funded European Fintech Companies of 2021
2021 has been a record year for fintech funding globally. In Europe, total fintech funding broke the record for annual investment, reaching EUR 10.4 billion in just June 2021 and surpassing the previous record of EUR 9.3 billion raised across
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