Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest and most valuable fintech companies, and one of the largest and…
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Driven by a supportive policy context and the multitude of initiatives introduced by governments across the region, Europe is rising…
Deep Ecosystems, a Germany-based accelerator for ecosystem projects, have released its 7th edition of the Startup Heatmap Report, ranking Europe’s…
Sifted has released its ranking of this year’s top 100 fastest-growing business-to-business (B2B) soonicorns poised to join the ranks of…
The Fintech Marketing Hub, a global fintech marketing community, has released its selection of the world’s top 30 most influential…
Higher education institutions around the world are catching up to the technology disruption unfolding in the financial industry, actively introducing…
Across Europe, banks are moving beyond open banking and PSD2 requirements, steadily transitioning towards open finance, a new report by…
With 29 out of 50 companies, the UK takes the lion’s share in this year’s Future50, a ranking by Insurtech…
Europe is often considered a pioneer in the widespread introduction of open banking, but despite groundbreaking regulations like PSD2, significant…
In Q2 2021, European fintech companies raised a record of US$7.2 billion in venture capital (VC) funding, a 30% quarter…
2021 has been a record year for fintech funding globally. In Europe, total fintech funding broke the record for annual…
Buy now pay later (BNPL) arrangements, which allow customers to buy items on credit and pay the money back over…
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…
