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German fintech Tilta bags €30M to address address the working capital gap in B2B transactions

Tilta gains a €30M debt facility from Fasanara Capital. | Image credit: Tilta Berlin-based Tilta, a fintech company, announced that it has procured a €30M debt facility from Fasanara Capital. The company […]

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Amsterdam-based B2B flexible payment provider Sprinque expands to Germany and Spain 

In the image: Juan Espinosa, Mark Holleman, Manoj Tutika| Image credits: Sprinque Amsterdam-based Sprinque, a flexible payments platform for local and cross-border B2B transactions, announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its […]

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European Fintech funding drops to 70%: State of European FinTech Report 2023

Image credits: aallm/DepositPhotos The European Fintech ecosystem, once characterised by rapid growth and abundant investment, has experienced significant shifts and challenges in 2023.  To gauge and evaluate the European Fintech ecosystem, Finch […]

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Feature Spotlight: LHV Bank adopts Tuum’s cloud-based banking platform for SME lending in the UK

LHV Bank partners with Tuum to launch a new loan system. | Image credit: LHV Bank LHV Bank, which acquired a UK banking licence in May, announced on Thursday that it is […]

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Swiss B2B fintech startup GenTwo raises €13.9M to make all assets investable; here’s how

Zurich-based B2B fintech platform GenTwo secures €13.9M series A funding round. | Image credit: Depositphotos Swiss-based B2B fintech company, GenTwo has announced that raised $15M (€13.9M) in a Series A funding round […]

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Irish unicorn Wayflyer secures $1B deal from US-based Neuberger Berman

Image credit: Depositphotos Dublin-based Wayflyer, a unicorn that provides revenue-based financing and growth platform for e-commerce businesses, announced that it has secured $1B in funding from New York-based Neuberger Berman, an investment […]

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Dutch VC Curiosity-backed fintech startup Strise raises €10M led by Atomico

Strise co-founders, (L-R) Sigve Søråsen, Marit Rødevand and Patrick Skjennum | Image credit: Strise Oslo-based Strise, a tech company that offers KYC intelligence systems, announced on Wednesday, September 6, that it has […]

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UK’s bank-verified digital identification services provider OneID bag €1.16M from ACF Investors

OneID CEO Paula Sussex committed to safeguard digital transformations. | Image credit: OneID UK-based OneID, a company that offers bank-verified digital identification services, announced that it has raised  £1M (€1.16M) in fresh […]

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Wise, N26 investor backs Germany’s Ivy in €18M round for its API for instant bank payments 

Image credits: Funtap/DepositPhotos Berlin-based Ivy, an API developer for instant bank payments, announced on Thursday, August 31, that it has raised $20M (approximately €18M) in a Series A round of funding led […]

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SME Finance bag €40M from EIF to support SMEs in the Netherlands, among others

Image credit: SME Finance Vilnius-based SME Finance, a company reinventing financing for SMEs, announced on Monday that it has signed a strategic partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF). This collaboration, operating […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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