Category: People
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Russian FinTech CEOs Renounced Their Russian Citizenship!
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Vladimir Putin will definitely not like it. Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky and Tinkoff founder Oleg Tinkov are two prominent financial entrepreneurs who have renounced their Russian citizenship. They criticize Putin’s war course in no uncertain terms.
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Another BaFin Executive Fired Over Wirecard Scandal!
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German regulator BaFin is parting ways with its executive director Beatrice Freiwald after a months-long legal dispute. The supervisor is leaving “by virtue of a decision by the German government as a member of Bafin’s board of directors,” the authority announced on Tuesday evening.
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Jeremy Gies Was Named President Of SurgePays FinTech!
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SurgePays, a technology and telecommunications company focused on underserved customers, has appointed Jeremy Gies, a sales, business development and operations executive, as president of the company’s subsidiary, SurgePays Fintech, Inc.
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Solaris CEO Roland Folz Hands Over To Carsten Hoeltkemeyer!
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After six years at the helm, co-founder and CEO Roland Folz is waving goodbye to Solaris next year. He will leave the company on April 30, 2023, to be succeeded by Carsten Höltkemeyer, former chairman of the supervisory board of lending platform auxmoney.
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Egyptian FinTech Money Fellows Raises $31 Million For Expansion!
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The fourth funding round since 2018 was led by CommerzVentures, Middle East Venture Partners, and Arzan Venture Capital. The company announced on Sunday that Egyptian FinTech company Money Fellows had raised $31 million to diversify its service portfolio and expand in Africa and Asia.
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The New Spin-Off FinTech Of The Hypofriend Founders!
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The construction financing platform Hypofriend (website) is launching a spin-off. With Pensionfriend, the creators want to sell low-cost private pension insurance. But the ambitious plans raise questions. Nick Mulder is founding a new startup. Together with his father, Chris Mulder, the entrepreneur has already built up a fintech without millions…
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Meet The World’s Leading Crypto Payment Processor In
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A few days ago, CoinsPaid, including CryptoProcessing, issued a press release claiming to be the world’s largest crypto payment ecosystem. It had processed over €16 billion worth of crypto in total and continues growing by nearly €1 billion per month in the declining market. In Q3 2022, CoinsPaid allegedly processed…
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Former Tinkoff Executives Raise $16 Million For FinTech Startup!
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Three former executives of Russian online bank Tinkoff, George Chesakov, Pavel Fedorov, and Raffy Montemayor, have raised $16 million to launch a fintech startup focused on Southeast Asia, initially targeting the Philippines, they announced.
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Fintech Pioneer Bill Harris Launches Nirvana Money!
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Fintech pioneer and serial entrepreneur Bill Harris launched Nirvana Money, an accessible credit card product designed to simplify money management for middle-income people. The company plans to combine the best features of a credit card, bank account and rewards program into a single card.
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Ex-Mobilkom CEO Boris Nemšić Joins FinTech Seasonax!
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Boris Nemšić, former CEO of Austrian telecom operator Mobilkom, joins Seasonax (website) as an investor and strategy advisor. The Viennese fintech delivers daily trading ideas, expert analyses, and trading patterns for various financial instruments such as stocks, currencies, and commodities. The Seasonax platform is used by institutional and private investors…