Buy now pay later (BNPL) arrangements, which allow customers to buy items on credit and pay the money back over…
Europe
As vaccination rollout continues and confidence begins to return, governments in Europe are starting to relax COVID-19 restrictions. Already, signs…
In Europe, online shoppers are increasingly embracing cross-border e-commerce, with China, the UK and Germany emerging as the top three…
In Q1 2021, 17 blank check companies announced plans to merge with fintech firms, totaling a combined valuation of US$62.396…
In Q1’21, fintech funding in Europe reached its highest quarterly total since Q2’18, surpassing US$2.9 billion in just the first…
In Europe, fintech is the largest investment category, receiving more than EUR 30 billions of venture capital (VC) investment since…
Fintech activities relating to alternative financing and mobile money are less developed in Europe than in the Americas and Asia…
European consumers still have reservations about open banking offerings despite the entry into force of the Revised Payment Services Directive…
The COVID-19 pandemic and its many repercussions have dramatically changed consumer behaviors, accelerating the move from physical to virtual banking…
Across the world, banks in Europe are being the most active in adopting open banking, and the majority of them…
Zurich is emerging as a hotpot for data center development in Europe. The city is on track to becoming one…
The UK is the European leader in proptech funding with US$821 million raised so far and is home to the…
Europe has been the bright spot for challenger banks and neobanks over the past decade. Since 2011, European neobanks’ customer…
Fintech is Europe’s largest venture capital (VC) investment category, receiving 20% of all VC investment in the region between 2017…
Though challenger banks have attracted a collective customer base of over 200 million customers, many of them are still not…
The European Union (EU) is home to 24 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), representing about 99.8% of all companies…
Seven independent mobile payment systems in Europe have teamed up to form the European Mobile Payment Systems Association (EMPSA), an…
N26 is officially live in Switzerland. The Germany-native digital bank launched its services in Switzerland on September 3, 2019, offering…
PitchBook, a software-as-a-service company that delivers data, research and technology covering the private capital markets, has released its list of…
Bitpanda, a Vienna-based crypto startup, has launched a new digital asset exchange, called Bitpanda Global Exchange after raising EUR 43.6…