Tag: Austria

Austrian FinTech platform Bitpanda has closed its latest round on $52m, which it claims to be the largest Series A to be raised in Europe this year.

Austrian RegTech platform SignD Identity has closed a €1m investment which will help it to bolster its international sales and marketing efforts.

COVID-19 has forced a lot of regulators to take special measures to stabilise the market, but some are now removing those restrictions.

German mobile investing platform Trade Republic has collected €62m for its Series B round which will help it bolster its development efforts.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has given its thumbs up for Austrian, Belgian, French, Spanish and Greek regulators’ decision to continue to limit short selling because of the coronavirus.

The markets are volatile due to the coronavirus. The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has banned some short-selling to prevent the situation from getting even worse.

Swedish PayTech unicorn Klarna and Wirecard, the FinTech company, have launched a joint payment solution.

Having already established a card processing relationship, Ikano Bank has decided to take its relationship with the European payment provider Nets to the next level.

InsurTech provider Sapiens International Corporation has bought a German startup to boost its digital offering and to push further into Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

SwatchPAY! has launched in Germany and Austria, with Wirecard serving as its exclusive payment partner.