Tag: Germany

N26, a smartphone-only bank, may not be the safe as a researcher has found that its app is vulnerable. Read more: www.ibtimes.co.uk

Lending and credit history startup Kreditech has picked up $10.4m in a strategic from Japanese e-commerce and web giant Rakuten. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Digital media-focused invoice financing startup BillFront has picked up $35m in a Series A round. The funding is described as a combination of debt and equity. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Robo-advice has gained some traction in the US and Australia, but research shows that when it comes to investments, consumers still value human interaction. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Tableau announced today that it has acquired HyPer, an early-stage German startup born in academia that has developed an advanced database technology. Tableau intends to incorporate the technology into its product set. Read More: techcrunch.com

Consumer Banking is fundamentally about lending and non-bank lending (whether called AltFi, Marketplace Lending or P2P Lending) is already a mature market. Read more: bankinnovation.net

Digital self-service shopping startup MUUME has picked up CHF2.2m ($2.28m) of growth financing led by German investor Heliad Equity Partners.

Germany’s competition watchdog, the Bundeskartellamt, is giving fintech companies in the country more room to operate with a new decision.

The university describes Bitcoin as “a decentralized virtual peer-to-peer currency,” which can now be used for all payments to ESMT. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com

Corporate insurers are developing investment branches for the InsurTech startup deals, with insurers making strategic investments for the value chain. Read more: www.insurtechnews.com