Tag "Europe"
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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European Buy Now Pay Later Market Heats Up
Buy now pay later (BNPL) arrangements, which allow customers to buy items on credit and pay the money back over time, is witnessing record growth in Europe with demand from consumers rising and investor sentiment remaining overall optimistic, according to
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Physical Fintech Events are Back in Europe
As vaccination rollout continues and confidence begins to return, governments in Europe are starting to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Already, signs are showing that the event industry is inching back to the traditional in-person events that were the norm before the
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China, UK, Germany Among Top Shopping Markets for European E-Commerce Customers
In Europe, online shoppers are increasingly embracing cross-border e-commerce, with China, the UK and Germany emerging as the top three preferred shopping markets, a new report says. In a new paper titled How Europe prefers to pay: E-Commerce Payment Report
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