- Players’ Strategy
- 21.01.2020
Qonto Closes a Major Financing Round, Aims for Banking Status
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The neo-bank for SMEs Qonto announces a major financing round on the French FinTech market.
- Insurance
- 21.01.2020
A German Initiative Paving the Way for the Open Insurance Market
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The German Free Insurance Data Initiative (a.k.a. Frida) looks into applying PSD2 compliant open interfaces and data exchange capabilities in the insurance sector.
- Credit
- 20.01.2020
Credit: Koto Enters the UK with a Mobile-First Offer
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A new FinTech, Koto, gets ready to enter the UK with what they call a “Stress-free Credit” service.
- Payment
- 20.01.2020
Blink Turning Taxis into ATMs
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The advertising agency Ogilvy launches Blink, a start-up aiming at turning 70,000 Bolivian taxis into a mobile network.
- Retail Banking
- 17.01.2020
Hello Bank! Offer Renewed with Paid Service
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Hello Bank! will soon be launching two new banking offers. Their goal: further diversify their set of services and focus on an affinity-based approach.
- Distribution Channel – Internet
- 17.01.2020
A Banking Institution Selling Insurance Policies via a Chatbot
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The Portuguese institution Banco Best teams up the insurance group Simplesurance (featuring affinity-based, connected services) and lets their customers subscribe smartphone insurance offers through a chatbot.
- Payment
- FinTech
- 16.01.2020
Lydia Announces another Funding Round, Attracts Tencent
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The Paris-based mobile payment FinTech Lydia announces a €40 million financing round.
- Payment
- 15.01.2020
Libeo and QuickBooks Addressing Accounting and Payments Industries
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Intuit, subsidiary of the US group Quickbooks, software vendor and service provider specialising in SME’s management activities, and the BtoB payment platform, Libeo, announced a strategic partnership.
- Payment
- 14.01.2020
FinTech: Visa Acquires Plaid
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The US card scheme Visa announced they are acquiring the FinTech Plaid for $5.3 billion.
- Mobility
- 14.01.2020
Electrolease: New Entrant on the Market for Full-Electric Long-Term Leasing for Businesses
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Axialease (SWS group) –leasing company focusing on corporate equipment– unveils a new subsidiary specialising in long-term leasing offers applied to electric cars for corporate customers.