DIGITAL CURRENCIES
Snowden railed against CBDCs: “Perversion of the cryptocurrency”
DIGITAL CURRENCIES
Snowden railed against CBDCs: “Perversion of the cryptocurrency”
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has developed into a strong voice in exile […]
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Fintech
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INVESTMENT
N26 fetches €700M and aims to start crypto trading
For observers in the fintech industry, it is quite obvious where things […]
TOMORROW FOUNDERS INAS NURELDIN, MICHAEL SCHWEIKART AND JAKOB BERNDT. © TOMORROW
FINTECH
Tomorrow: Sustainable Neobank receives investment of €14M
A bank account with the help of which money flows into social […]
GUEST ARTICLE
RBI CEE Fintech Atlas: Perspectives and developments of fintech and digital banking in CEE
Elevator Lab, powered by Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), is a program […]
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STUDY
Mastercard study: Generation Z prefers to pay digitally
Generation Z, whose members are now between the ages of 18 and 24, […]
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APPS
Meet the Croatian Genius: The app that enables everyone to invest in capital markets
Croatia now has its very first official investment robot in the face […]
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FINTECH
French fintech iBanFirst enters CEE with a first office in Romania
iBanFirst, a French fintech company, has just opened its first office in […]
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INTERVIEW
The current trends in the rapidly growing FinTech industry in Israel
Israel is one of the hottest destinations when it comes to startups, […]
Bankata.ro founders Diana Seredenciuc and Andrei Perianu
FUNDING
Romanian fintech Bankata.ro attracts €180K
Romanian fintech startup Bankata.ro announced it has raised €180.000 in funding led […]
STARTUPS
UK-Romanian startup FintechOS secures an investment of $10M by IFC
STARTUPS
UK-Romanian startup FintechOS secures an investment of $10M by IFC
Romanian-born startup FintechOS received a $10 million investment from thе […]
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INVESTMENT
Fintech Rapyd raises $300M and reaches $8.75B valuation
London-based fintech unicorn Rapyd has raised $ 300 million in a new series E […]
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INVESTMENT
American Fintech buys Bulgarian Transact for €30M
American company for financial technologies GreenBox POS announced that it has […]
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Klarna
Buy Now Pay Later: The Business With Expensive Online Loans
Want to buy something online, but don’t have the money for it […]
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CRYPTO NEWS
Bitcoin tanks to two-week low as US widens crypto crackdown
Bitcoin’s price slid below the $31,500 marks for the first two since […]
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Crypto News
Further declines in the crypto market – upswing at Binance Coin
The past few days have been very bitter for the crypto market. […]
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Revolut raises 675 million euros in a mega financing round
Last week there was already talk of an upcoming mega financing round for the […]
UNICORN
Danish fintech startup Pleo becomes Europe’s latest unicorn hitting $1.7b valuation
UNICORN
Danish fintech startup Pleo becomes Europe’s latest unicorn hitting $1.7b valuation
Copenhagen-based B2B fintech startup Pleo has reached a valuation of $1.7b after […]
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CRYPTOCURRENCY
Binance launches operations in Bulgaria
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday (July […]
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FUNDING ROUND
Estonian-based crypto startup Kriptomat closes EUR 2.2m led by Bulgaria’s LAUNCHub Ventures
Estonian-based cryptocurrency exchange Kriptomat OÜ announced the closure of a EUr […]
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INTERVIEW
“Like the Dotcom Boom”: Dfinity Founder Explains Crash of the ICP Token
On Monday, the price of the ICP token was up a whopping […]
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DEAL
Crypto platform Celsius buys into Serbia’s MVP Workshop, opens R&D hub in Belgrade
New York-based crypto platform Celsius announced the acquisition of a development […]
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MEGA DEAL
Visa buys Swedish fintech Tink in EUR 1.8b deal
The Swedish tech world is bustling with excitement. After the mega-rounds for […]
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FINTECH
AntChain: China’s big blockchain is headed for Europe
China’s fintech giant Ant Group has been spreading its own blockchain, […]
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CRYPTO
Inflation boosts cryptocurrency stock
There has been a growing fear of an encroaching period of rising […]
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FINTECH
Meet Finshark: The Bosnian-founded startup pioneering Europe’s open banking industry
Not so long ago, banks operating in the EU used to be […]
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CRYPTO
El Salvador to mine Bitcoin using volcanic energy
El Salvador will use energy from its volcanoes to mine Bitcoin. The […]
Klarna employee in Berlin. © Klarna
Article
Klarna’s next mega-round: Another €525m for Europe’s No. 1 fintech
It was only a few months ago that the valuation of the […]
Analysis
Crypto: Insights on The Recent Market Crash
In this guest article, Lanre Ige and Eliezer Ndinga, Research Associates at […]
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CRYPTO
Ripple’s XRP crypto: short-lived hype or strong-standing Bitcoin rival?
Bitcoin emerged after the Global Financial Crisis of 2009 as a new […]
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FINTECH
Trading platform Robinhood allows users to invest in IPOs directly
Investing in stocks is child’s play with trading apps – but one […]
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FINTECH RADAR
These are the best funded fintech startups in CEE
Europe has often been flying under the radar when it comes to […]
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NFT HYPE
Baywatch star Carmen Electra jumps on NFT bandwagon
It’s nothing new when Hollywood stars dabble in business and technology […]
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FINTECH
Neobroker: Bitpanda, Smartbroker, Trade Republic & Co in comparison
Scalable Capital, Trade Republic, Robinhood and, more recently, Bitpanda: the […]
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Greek fintech provider Viva Wallet raises $80m from Tencent, EBRD to expand its SME-centric neobank
Greek cloud-based fintech provider Viva Wallet, which builds banking services for […]
PODCAST
Zebras & Unicorns: The Future of Fintech with Arunan Tharmarajah of Wise
TransferWise, sorry Wise, is one of Europe’s largest fintechs with a valuation […]
FintechOS co-foudners Sergiu Negut (l) and Teodor Blidarus © FintechOS
FUNDING ROUND
UK- Romanian FintechOS raises $60m in Draper Esprit-led Series B round to fuel global expansion
FintechOS, a UK-Romanian fintech provider of solutions for the digital […]
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FUNDING ROUND
Bulgarian fintech startup Payhawk raises $20m from Klarna backers; eyes US market
Payhawk, a Bulgarian provider for payments and expense management, has raised $20 […]
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ACCELERATORS
Bulgarian blockchain startup ReCheck joins ABN AMRO & Techstars Future of Finance accelerator
If you’ve been around the entrepreneurial or startup world for the past […]
MATCHATHLON
Romania’s Techcelerator launches SEE’s first matchathlon targeting eHealth, AI, SaaS startups
Techcelerator, the largest accelerator in Romania for technology startups, expands […]
CryptoKitties founder & CEO Roham Gharegozlou of Dapper Labs, on stage at TEDx Vienna. © TEDx Vienna
NFTs
NFT startup Dapper Labs wins massive round of funding from celebrity investors
First they showed off with CryptoKitties, then they made virtual trading cards […]
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Open Call
EIT Digital Challenge 2021: Deeptech scaleups wanted – EUR 250,000 in prizes
The 8th EIT Digital Challenge, Europe’s leading deeptech startup competition, is now […]
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IPOs for the Masses
Robinhood builds platform to democratise IPOs
After filing for an IPO last week, Robinhood is now making steps […]
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FinTech
Serbian devops team wins Hong Kong’s best JUMPSTARTER 2021 award for fintech
One-click mobile authentication provider iPification, led by a Serbian team of […]
Robinhood founders Baiju Bhatt (l) and Vladimir Tenev (r) ©Robinhood
Neobrokerage
Despite criticism, neobroker Robinhood files for IPO
In recent months, California-baed neobroker Robinhood has rarely been the source of […]
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Visa Innovation Program seeks SEE’s next cohort of bright fintech startups
For the third year in a row, Visa Innovation Program is looking […]
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eCommerce
eCommerce report: Online card payments in CEE jump 90% amid COVID 19 pandemic
In the year of COVID 19, online card payments across Central and […]
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Аrticle
What if a Neobank Runs the Mall? Meet Klarna
Many fintech industry players would instinctively label Klarna as a payment service […]
Event
From Zero to Fintech: Hackathon Seeks Out Bulgaria’s Next Fintech Stars
Have a genial idea of how to rock the world of fintech […]
Co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann © Jake Farra
Article
TransferWise Goes Wise – A Catchy Name for an IPO?
It certainly took them a while and cost them a lot to […]
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Article
Newcomer or Vet: Should You Bet on Ethereum or Stick With Good Old Bitcoin?
Ethereum and Bitcoin are undoubtedly the most popular pair in the world […]
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Market Trends
Ecosystem SWOT Analysis: The Bulgarian Fintech Industry
“Although the Bulgarian Fintech industry is considered a small contributor to the […]
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Sponsored Story
Open APIs as a Platform For a More Sustainable Economy
The omnipresent COVID 19 crisis makes it all too easy to forget: […]
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🖩 Accounting Innovation 🖩
Payhawk Launches a Corporate Card to Enable Easier Management of Employee Spending
Payhawk, the expense management startup that has been an active player in […]
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Contactless
Google Pay Is Now Available For Android Users in Bulgaria
Starting today, the Google Pay digital wallet service will be available to […]
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💰 Money in the chat
Messaging Platform Viber to Grow Into the Fintech Vertical as It Announces Direct Chatbot Payments
We often talk about the future of fintech startups and banks, about […]
Marcin Misztal, Head of Stripe for CEE © Private archive
Marcin Misztal, Head of Stripe for CEE, on the Tech Giant’s Plans in the Region
The headquartered in San-Francisco international company Stripe is one of the […]
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Research
Fintechs in Bulgaria Have Earned Nearly €400m in 2019
Last week, the Bulgarian Fintech Association (BFA) released one of the most […]
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FINTECH
The Digital Euro – an Alternative to Cryptos and What Else You Need to Know?
After the Covid-19 pandemic increased the use of electronic payments and accelerated […]
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Deals
Bulgarian E-Money Provider Paynetics Acquires Wirecard UK & Ireland’s Corporate Card Portfolio
It’s been an eventful year for the headquartered in Sofia fintech group […]
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Fintech
Open Banking on the Rise in Romania as Finqware’s API Gets Adopted by the Largest Bank in the Country
Romanian fintech startup Finqware has achieved a big milestone in its home […]
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FINTECH 💵👨💻
What Does the New EU Digital Finance Strategy Mean For the Bulgarian Fintech Ecosystem?
Cashless transactions, open banking, and remote force management – digital […]
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The Future Of Education
A Fintech Course Joined By The Industry To Be Part Of A Master’s Degree Program At Sofia University This Fall
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University and the […]
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guest analysis
Artificial Intelligence in Decentralized Finance
In short: Using buzzwords to maximize the efficiency of fundraising was a […]
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innovation | event
Hackathon: Fintech Startups from CEE Gather for Four Days to Explore New Open Banking Solutions
Imagine purchasing an insurance policy from Finland through a mobile wallet in […]
Stoyan Lozanov, co-founder and CEO at Omnio © Stoyan Lozanov
Regtech
Compliance Automation Startup Omnio: The Only Bulgarian Finalist In EIT Digital’s Pre-Acceleration Program
Sofia-based regtech startup Omnio is the only Bulgarian finalist in EIT Digital’s […]
Sponsored Story
Reloyalty & Visa Innovation Program: We Asked Everyone To Challenge Our Product So We Know What Is Possible And What Is Inefficient
“Technology is developed in layers. You have the personal computer and a […]
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Fintech in CEE: Startups, Focus, Market Comparison, Funding Trends
More than two-thirds of the people in Central and Eastern Europe will […]
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Wirecard: Is The Fintech Party Over And What Could Be The Effects In SEE
In 2014 Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg changed his motto “Move Fast and […]
Hristo Borisov CEO, left and Thomas Westerhoven, Country Manager - Germany, right ©Payhawk
strategic partnership
Expense Management Startup Payhawk Partners with Visa to Issue Business Cards in 13 European Countries
“The problems SMEs face across Europe are pretty much the same: slow […]
Ivo Vasilev (l) and Miroslav Bekyarov, co-founders of Reloyalty © Reloyalty
founders’ stories
Startups In Times Of Crisis Vol.9: Retail Loyalty Startup Reloyalty Launches New Crowdfunding Platform
Which startups won’t make it and which will go out of the […]
In the first edition, in 2018, year e-identification startup Evrotrust made it to the national finals of Elevator Lab Challenge and is now preparing PoCs in Romania and Albania. ©Raiffeisenbank
opportunity
Raiffeisenbank’s Elevator Lab Opens Applications For Startups With Database Analysis and Loyalty Solutions
Fintech companies from all over the world that develop solutions in the […]
Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe © Stripe
digital payments
Payment Giant Stripe Launches in Bulgaria and Romania
Stripe, the $30B+ payment platform provider from Silicon Valley announced it’s […]
Konstantin Djelebov, CEO of Phyre ©Phyre
deal
Phyre: The Bulgarian E-Wallet Startup That Raised €1.55M To Build A Mobile Payment Ecosystem
With so many different mobile wallets on the market, it’s sometimes hard […]
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Pay With Face, Insurance Via Smartphone & More: The Five Fintech Disruptors In The New Visa Corporate Acceleration Program In Bulgaria
Around one and a half years ago, a young fintech startup that […]
Phyre, the company behind mobile wallet of the same name is one of the first investments of New Vision 2 © Phyre
💸💸💸
Bulgarian VC New Vision 3 Invests Its First €2.5M In Three Fintech Companies
The local ecosystem has been waiting for this moment for quite some […]
Boyko Karadzhov (l) and Hristo Borisov recognized the problem Payhawk is solving during their time at Progress. ©Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics.bg
deal
Bulgarian Expenses Management Startup Payhawk Raises A Seven Digit Seed Round Led By Top-Tier VC Earlybird
Less than two years after its start, the Bulgarian fintech startup Payhawk […]
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guest article
An Introduction To Decentralized Finance: Blockchain’s New Killer Use Case
Into blockchain technology since 2013, Vladislav Dramaliev is one of the founders […]
© Pexels
digital payments
Viber Now Offers Peer To Peer Payments Also In Romania
Following the rollouts in Hungary and Ukraine last year, Viber now announces […]
© Pixabay
deal
Data Science Startup A4Everyone Picks Up Six Digit Investment To Grow And Expand
“Automation of many business processes is a fact in a wide range […]
FintechOS co-foudners Sergiu Negut (l) and Teodor Blidarus © FintechOS
deal
UK- Romanian FintechOS Raises €12.6M Series A To Expand Globally And Help Banks Easily Launch New Digital Products
It’s been seven short months since UK-Romanian fintech company FintechOS raised its […]
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fintech
Visa Innovation Program Opens Applications For Fintech Startups And This Time It Features Potential Funding From Eleven Ventures
For the second year in a row, the Visa Innovation Program, facilitated […]
The executive team of LogSentinel © LogSentinel
investment
InfoSec Startup LogSentinel Raises Its First Million And Speeds Up Expansion In Europe
After winning a series of contests and awards in the past year […]
The Plum Team © Plum
fintech
UK-Greek Money Management Chatbot Plum Raises Another $3m To Help More Europeans Save Up
The based between London and Athens fintech company Plum has just closed […]
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digital payments
Forget About Libra. Meet Facebook Pay.
After the crypto micropayment project Libra was not as warmly welcomed by […]
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fintech
This Week In Fintech: Banks In Bulgaria On The Road To Digitalization
It’s been another eventful week for the Bulgarian fintech universe. Local financial […]
© Phyre
fintech
After Revolut and Monese, Bulgarian Mobile Wallet Phyre Now Also Works With Apple Pay
It’s been four months since bank challengers Revolut and Monese partnered with […]
© Pixabay
fintech
Messenger App Viber Is Launching Peer-To-Peer Money Transfers In CEE
Starting from Hungary and gradually adding other Eastern European markets in the […]
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fintech
Challenger Bank Revolut: Growing Customer Base, Growing Revenue, And … Growing Loss
Every two weeks a press release by Revolut lands in our mailboxes […]
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regulations
Anti Money Laundering Compliance and the Fight Against Financial Crime: What Fintechs Should Pay Attention To
How should fintech stay compliant? What are the challenges and opportunities? How […]
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unicorn
TransferWise: The European Fintech That Is Actually Profitable (!!!)
Many press releases reach our editorial mailbox. Most of them deal with […]
Accenture Study: Startups May Grab A $280b Slice of Banks’ Pie By 2025
Free payments and cheap transfers, like the ones provided by Revolut, TransferWise, […]
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mapping
Fintech in Bulgaria: Who is Who In Ten Words
With close to 70 companies in this domain, Bulgaria is an evolving […]
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In-Depth Report
Fintech In Bulgaria: The Highest Number Of Companies in SEE And €80M Of Venture Capital Investments
Several reports have suggested it so far: Bulgaria is an evolving fintech […]
ranking
FT Intelligence Division: Sofia Is The Most Cost-Effective Fintech City Globally
In its latest report ranking the Fintech Locations of the Future fDi, […]
eCollect has it's largest team in Bulgaria © Trending Topics
hidden fintech champion
The New Generation of Digital Debt Collectors That Comes From Sofia
Tough men with large biceps knocking on the door ready to beat […]
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cryptocurrencies
Tether: The Controversial Bitcoin Pump
Bitcoin dominates the market – BTC’s market capitalization now accounts for almost […]
Christof De Mil, Innovation leader at UBB © UBB
UBB Innovation Leader
Ideally, To Boost Innovation Spirit, You Would Allow Your Staff To Go Away For Three Months And Work With A Startup
Observing the ongoing trend of corporates, also locally, investing in innovation and […]
Revolut and Monese are opening the door to Apple Pay in Bulgaria. © Unsplash
partnership
Apple Pay Is Now Available In Bulgaria Through Revolut and Monese
Bulgarian users can finally benefit from Apple Pay. The UK fintech unicorn […]
useful
How To Revolut in Bulgaria
Ever since its establishment in 2015, the UK neobank Revolut is aiming […]
Liselotte Munk, digital transformation thought leader and CEO of Fadata ©Fadata
Interview
Insurtech Thought Leader: It Might Get Relevant For Google, Amazon and Facebook To Enter The Sector
Liselotte Munk has been working in the technology sector for more than […]
Tom Blomfield and Jonas Huckestein from Monzo. © Monzo
race
Monzo: The UK Neobank Reaches $2.5B Valuation
In the race between N26 and Revolut one player is often forgotten: […]
Beez mission is to help educate online shoppers and encourage them to save money from online shopping © Pexels
Online shopping
Beez: The Romanian Startup Offering Alternative To Credit Card Debt Raises €250K And Expands In The UK
How many times were you browsing online and end up finding the […]
Biometric data is getting a thing in the fintech world ©Pixabay
study
Fingerprints, Face and Voice For Payments: Is the Bulgarian Consumer Ready To Adopt That?
Using fingerprints, face or voice recognition is already used to authenticate […]
©Klear
deal
P2P Lending Platform Klear Receives €750K Boost From Varengold Bank
The Bulgarian peer-to-peer lending platform Klear has secured a €750K investment to […]
©Revolut
Savings
Neobank Revolut Is Now Targeting Families And Kids
The UK fintech unicorn Revolut is expanding its saving tools by launching […]
28% global banking business at risk to fintech by 2020, FintechOS says ©Unsplash
investment
FintechOS: UK-Romanian Fintech Closes €1.1M Round To Save Banks from Fintech Disrupters
The UK based and led by Romanians fintech company FintechOS has just […]
Banks have started opening up towards startups, and Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria now invites fintech companies to pitch their products © Elevator Lab
Sponsored Story
Raiffeisen Elevator Lab Opens a Call for Fintech Startups. Read This Before You Apply
“When we started out we had a rather basic rules engine for […]
“We are the guardians of truth on the Blockchain!,” Anton Gerunov, COO of Logsentinel, summarized at the end of his pitch. ©Sebastian Kreuzberger
award
Bulgarian Infosec Startup LogSentinel Wins GovTech.Pioneers in Vienna
April 2 was another good day for the new sister cities Sofia […]
Krassimira Raycheva of Visa and Daniel Tomov of Eleven Ventures presented the new acceleration program ©Eleven Ventures
cvc
Applications for Fintech Corporate Accelerator of Visa and Eleven Ventures are Now Open
Up until June 7, fintech startups can apply for the corporate acceleration […]
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fintech
Revolut Aims to Have 100K Users and in Bulgaria by the End of 2019
The neobank Revolut continues its expansion in Bulgaria: it is looking for […]
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cards
Coinbase Issues Cards and Lets Users Pay with Crypto in the Stores
How many cards does a person need in a wallet? After N26, […]
#expertsforecsts #video
The Next Big Thing in Fintech
Trending Topics sneaked into one of the flagship fintech events in CEE, […]
Wearables might influence insurance primes. How come? ©Pixabay
#Insurtech #expertsforecast
The Next Big Thing in Insurtech: IoT and Blockchain will Bring Back Fairness
By 2025, there will be a trillion sensors in the world, and […]
Tal Sharon, Equitech, announced a new CEE FinTech Academy
Learning
A FinTech Academy for the CEE Region To Be Launched in Sofia
Bulgarian fintech think tank Sophia Lab is joining forces with Israeli consultancy […]
© Revolut
#lowerfees
Revolut Launches Current Accounts in Bulgarian Lev
Neobank Revolut launches current accounts in Bulgarian Lev (BGN). This feature was […]
Alex Zhigarev, partner at Speedinvest ©Si
Interview
Investor: If Banks Are Smart, They Will Become the Platform for New Generation Fintech Startups
Alex Zhigarev is a partner at the Austrian investment fund Speedinvest and […]
Diana Medanova, COO of bsurance and insurtech expert ©bsurance
Interview
InsurTech Innovations Come From Western Europe but are Received Better on the Eastern Markets
Diana Medanova founded her first company in 2008 because she was not […]
© Fintech Summit
Annual Fintech Summit
Bulgaria Is a Fintech R&D Hub. But When Will it be a Market for Piloting Fintech Innovations?
Is Bulgaria only an R&D center that serves the global financial industry? […]
Boyko Karadzhov (l) and Hristo Borisov recognized the problem Payhawk is solving during their time at Progress. ©Jordan Mihajlov, TrendingTopics.bg
investment
Payhawk.io: The Bulgarian Fintech Startup That Helps SMEs Deal with Expenses
Remember the last time you had to buy something for the company […]
Momchil Elenkov is responsible for the Viber strategic commercial partnerships with mobile operators on group level as well as in various markets worldwide. His fields of action also include tech-projects related to Fintech, AI, Chat-bots, B2B and B2C- communication between corporations and end-users via the Viber-ecosystem. ©Rakuten Viber
Interview
Viber: We are Discussing Services Related to Payments and Peer-to-Peer Exchanges in CEE
The Western part of Europe and the US have Messenger and WhatsApp. […]
industry report
Could Bulgaria Be the Next Fintech R&D Hub of Europe?
Fintech sector in Europe is growing at a high pace. There is […]
mini survey
Biometry, AI, QR Code Payments and What Else to Expect from The Fintech Sector in Bulgaria This Year
The excitement around fintech is growing tremendously. New players are entering the […]
P2P lending is on the rise in Bulgaria - not only companies are growing, but other players are joining the sector and the market responds well. ©Pexels
Overview
P2P Lending in Bulgaria: A Rising Fintech Segment at a Glance
In the past two years individuals have invested close to €45M through […]
Failures and Consolidation expected on the P2P lending market. Wonder why? ©Pexels
expectations
The Number of P2P Lending Startups Will Decrease in 2019
In one of our latest publications, we explored the Bulgarian P2P market […]
Alexander Terziyski ©BVCA
Funding
NEVEQ 3: New Vision Fund has at Least €20M fresh capital for AI, Blockchain and Fintech Startups
The partners of the VC with the longest history in Bulgaria – […]
Smart pinguin Charlie has reveived another round to continue reduce financial anxiety among young adults ©Charlie Finance
Diaspora
Led by Bulgarian Entrepreneur US Smart Finance Startup Charlie has Just Raised $9M
The US startup Charlie Finance that has been on a mission to […]
"Over the next two to three years we will see a much more vivid Fintech scene worldwide and also in South East Europe, including Romania and Bulgaria. We will support those pioneers with our products in order to help them scale their businesses up”, Sergey Panteleev, GM of Varengold Sofia, stated.©Varengold
Expansion
Fintech Centric German Bank Varengold Launches Bulgarian Operations
The Germany-based bank Varengold, which specializes in debt financing for fintech […]
Revolut is expanding its currency portfolio in CEE and will soon launch Bulgarian lev, Dimitris Litsikakis, Country Manager Greece at Revolut ©CEE Block
😲
Revolut Starts Offering Traditional Banking Services and Will Roll Out In Bulgaria as Soon as it Obtains a Local Currency License
The race of the European Challenger banks, which we experienced in 2018, […]
The partnership between Sofia and Vienna aims to support startups from both cities to enter the other respective market ©Pixabay
Locations
Sofia Signs an Agreement with Vienna to Boost Startups and Especially Fintechs
The Bulgarian and Austrian municipalities have officially entered into a partnership […]
Anton Gerunov and Bozhidar Bozhanov of Log Sentinel. © Raiffeisen
Security
LogSentinel: Raiffeisen tests integration with Bulgarian blockchain startup
Bulgarian information security blockchain startup LogSentinel is starting to […]
Krassimira Raycheva of Visa and Daniel Tomov of Eleven Ventures presented the new acceleration program ©Eleven Ventures
Fintech
Visa Collaborates with Bulgarian Fund Eleven Ventures to Accelerate Digital Payment Startups
The early stage investment fund Evelen and the digital payments leader Visa […]
Kalin Radev, CEO of Software Group had 15 years of experience in IT and microfinancing before founding the company. ©Software Group
Deal
Bulgarian IT company Software Group that works in the field of financial inclusion has just raised €3.2M
Bulgarian Software Group that provides software solutions to financing institutions […]
Bitpanda founders Christian Trummer, Paul Klanschek and Eric Demuth. © Bitpanda
RANKING
Analysis: Bitpanda is now playing in the top league of the global crypto industry
3.5 billion euros – with this rating, Bitpanda is not only one […]
© Postbank
Sponsored Story
Meet ONE wallet: The last generation mobile wallet by Postbank
ONE wallet by Postbank, the last generation high-tech application for contactless […]
Gerd Altmann on ©Pixabay
ETHICAL AI
EU wants to ban AI use for surveillance, social scoring
The European Union intends to ban the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) […]
© Dapper Labs
article
NFT: Trade in Digital Artwork Tokens Explodes
Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs for short, are the latest hype in the […]
©Eligma
CEE Star of the Week
Eligma: the New Slovenian Startup on the Fintech Map
For a long time cryptocurrencies have been a source of mainstream enthusiasm […]
Finqware team, ©Finqware
Fintech
Romanian Open Banking Startup Finqware Raises €500K in a Seed Round Led by Elevator Ventures
Romanian fintech startup Finqware announced that it has raised €500K in its […]
