CrossLend’s Daring Pivot: Lending Platform to Lending Revolution

How one company is tackling EU credit crunch by making banks peer-to-peer capable In 2014, physicist Oliver Schimek set out to develop a cross-border, peer-to-peer lending platform for private investors to access consumer loans. At least, that was the plan. He recognized a harmful trend developing in the post-crisis climate: increased regulatory restrictions that limited Read more about CrossLend’s Daring Pivot: Lending Platform to Lending Revolution[…]

PayCash: From Conception to Acquisition in 5 Years

One Luxembourg fintech’s journey to becoming Daimler’sglobal e-payment provider Five years ago PayCash was an idea. Today, it is Daimler’s newest acquisition, entrusted with providing e-payment solutions to the group’s millions of mobile app users. Like most stories with fairytale endings, this one has its ups, its downs and the occasional plot twist. PayCash sprung Read more about PayCash: From Conception to Acquisition in 5 Years[…]

Jobless to Hired
in Under 24 Hours

Cofounder Polina Montano explains Job Today’s short-termrecruitment solution for the understaffed & unemployed It’s midweek and an employee has suddenly quit. For an office that is now a secretary short, this is an inconvenience. For a bakery that has just lost a baker, it’s an emergency. In the retail and hospitality industries, where the employee Read more about Jobless to Hired<br>in Under 24 Hours[…]

The LOIC:
Turning Competition into Competitive Advantage

Founders of the Luxembourg Open Innovation Club share why local business & startup ecosystems are banding together for innovation In today’s fast-paced world, if a company is not innovating, it is falling behind. The Luxembourg Open Innovation Club (LOIC) works to protect local businesses from this common fate. According to their school of thought, innovation is a relay Read more about The LOIC:<br>Turning Competition into Competitive Advantage[…]

The Interview:
Yoann Jaffré of L’Atelier

How L’Atelier’s Open Innovation Lab turns challenges into win-wins through matchmaking When a company’s challenge is a startup’s speciality, a win-win situation is born: an innovative solution for the former, a significant new contract for the latter and a business opportunity for both. L’Atelier Open Innovation Lab has been bridging the gap between clients’ issues and Read more about The Interview:<br>Yoann Jaffré of L’Atelier[…]

Taking on a Modern-Day Goliath

Interview with Lawyer (Avocat à la Cour) Sabrina Salvador on Holding Google Accountable  We have all done it: searched ourselves on Google just to see what pops up. Most of us find benign memories of past graduations, sporting endeavors or professional milestones. Imagine, however, that the “you” that shows up online has little to do Read more about Taking on a Modern-Day Goliath[…]

The Interview: Robert Glaesener of Talkwalker

A new logo recognition tool that’s harnessing the online world of visual data The internet has long shed its reputation as a database of texts and graphs. With over 40 billion Instagram posts to date, 500 million tweets per day, the rise of internet marketing and what seems like the daily launch of a new social media Read more about The Interview: Robert Glaesener of Talkwalker[…]