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F10 Launches Climate Fintech-Focused Incubator in the Nordics and Baltics
F10, an innovation ecosystem for fintech and insurtech with hubs in Switzerland, Singapore, and Spain, announced the launch of an incubation programme dedicated to climate fintech across the Nordics and Baltics, expanding its reach within Europe. The goal is to
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Axo Announces Acquisition of Defero
Axo, a distributor of personal finance products in the Nordic region and portfolio company of Corsair, a private equity firm targeting payments, software and business services investments in the financial services sector, announced that it has acquired Defero Defero is
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Ageras Buying German Neo-Bank Kontist
Copenhagen based Ageras Group announced that it has acquired Kontist, a Berlin-based neo-bank focused on the complex accounting and banking needs of Germany’s growing populations of microbusinesses and self-employed workers. “This acquisition is a critical step in Ageras’ growth,” said
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Swedish Fintech Zimpler Enters Norway as Part of Their International Expansion
Zimpler, a fintech company born in Sweden, announced today that it has gone live in Norway. Following Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, The Netherlands, Latvia and Lithuania, Norway becomes the eighth market to offer Zimpler’s account-to-account payments solutions. The first merchant
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iDenfy Partners With the Swedish Fintech Juni
The Lithuanian identity verification and compliance company iDenfy, joined forces with Juni, the financial management platform made for ecommerce. iDenfy’s mix of built-in identity verification and Business Verification services will protect Juni from fraud. Reduced costs, personalization, greater convenience, or
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SEB Venture Participates in 33m EUR Round of Lysa
SEB Venture Capital is making an investment in one of Europe’s fastest-growing automated savings platforms, Lysa. As part of the investment, SEB will support the company’s continued growth and international expansion. Lysa is Stockholm based and recently announced a 33
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Swedish Fintech Juni Raises US$206 Million Funding
Juni, a Swedish banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, announced the closing of its US$206 million funding round, bringing its total funds raised to US$282 million to date. The fundraise was led by Mubadala Capital and joined by
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Revolut Partners With Tink for European Payments
Tink, the Stockholm-based open banking platform, and Revolut, the global financial super app with more than 18 million customers worldwide, have entered into a strategic partnership for open banking technology. Tink’s payment initiation services (PIS) technology will allow Revolut users
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Signicat Acquires Sphonic
Norway’s Signicat, a leading provider of digital identity and electronic signature solutions, is acquiring all shares in the UK-headquartered anti-fraud company Sphonic for an undisclosed sum. Existing management shareholders will reinvest a substantial part of the consideration into Signicat. Signicat
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Tink Expands Open Banking Payments Services to Finland and Norway
Tink, Europe’s leading open banking platform, has announced the expansion of its open banking payments services to five new markets across Europe. Its Payment Initiation Services (PIS) product is now live in the Netherlands, Norway, Estonia, Finland and Latvia. Tink
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