Author: Lucas Peterson
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The FinTech Of The Year Award Winners Have Been Announced: These Are The Winners!
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Last week, the coveted “Fintech of the Year” awards were presented by Payment and Banking during a festive gala in front of 200 guests at the Alte Stahlbau Fredenhagen in Offenbach. There was great excitement among the nominees: until the end, the last three nominees in each category on the…
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Motive Partners Buys Ramin Niroumand’s FinTech Fund Embedded Capital!
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New York venture capitalist Motive Partners (website) acquires Berlin-based fund Embedded Capital. Together they want to manage €300 million. The fund, which specializes in fintechs, was founded by Ramin Niroumand about a year ago. Niroumand is known as the founder of the fintech incubator Finleap. Neither company commented on the…
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China’s FinTech Ant Reportedly Faces A Billion-Dollar Fine!
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The fine could end the regulatory process that has been ongoing for two years. After that, the planned IPO could also be resumed. Ant Group, the fintech arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is expected to pay more than a billion dollars in fines to the Chinese state. This was reported…
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Berlin-Based AI FinTech Taktile Picks Up 20 Million!
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An accolade for the software startup Taktile (website) The top VCs Index and Tiger Global participate in Series A. The revenue growth has convinced the investors. In its second round of funding, Berlin-based fintech Taktile secures the equivalent of around 20 million euros ($20 million). The startup has developed software…
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Introducing the “Bill Gates Of The Alps” Daniel Mattes!
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Daniel Mattes, the “Bill Gates of the Alps”, is an Austrian serial entrepreneur and business angel active in Austria, Germany, and the USA. Matthes was a member of the investor panel in the first season of 2 Minutes 2 Million. He made e spectacular exit in 2009 with his company…
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Introducing The Australian Crypto King Fred Schebesta!
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The Australien Fred Schebesta (LinkedIn) has been called the country’s Crypto King. He is the founder of financial comparison site Finder.com and the crypto broker HiveEX. In August 2020 Schebesta sold HiveEx to FTX for $300.000. Schebesta is also Finder Earn also massively involved in the Crypto segment. The Finder…
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Prediction Capital Launches With €30 Million As An Early-Stage FinTech Funder!
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Prediction Capital wants to invest 30 million euros in fintech startups. They focus on ESG criteria but do not see themselves as an impact fund. The market environment is challenging; less capital flows into startups, and startups are declining. Nevertheless, co-founder Kilian Graulich is confident: now is the time to…
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These Are The Best FinTech Locations In The World!
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The FinTech sector is very lucrative for businesses and consumers, with the industry expected to be worth $310 billion by the end of the year. But where exactly are the best locations to be found? A recent Fluro study aims to show which cities are leading the FinTech sector and…
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Minister Fleming Holds The Inaugural Meeting Of The Joint FinTech Group!
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The Irish Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Seán Fleming (@SeanFlemingTD), held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Fintech Group on November 16. The Joint Fintech Group is a priority of the 2022 update of Ireland for Finance strategy, unveiled in October. The…
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Following Fraser Perring, German Regulator Clamps Down On Adler!
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Short-seller Fraser Perring has exposed Adler’s accounting already in 2021. In a balance sheet audit, the German BaFin confirmed Perring’s allegations and finds almost four billion euros too much on the balance sheet of the real estate group. In the audit of Adler Real Estate’s 2019 consolidated financial statements, the…