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[…]

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[…]

Interview with Lawyer Nazim Faid on the meteoric rise of the local startup scene & how it is defining tomorrow’s financial industry What do Berlin, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Luxembourg have in common? All of them qualify as fintech hubs in their own right. Rewind a mere five years, however, and the Grand Duchy Read more about Luxembourg’s Fintech Future[…]

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[…]

How annoying chat interruptions inspired a new era of financial transactions CEO & Founder Denis Kiselev on innovative payment services,life as an entrepreneur & SnapSwap’s journey A little over a year ago Denis Kiselev was living in San Francisco, and his son was studying on the other side of the world in London. They used Read more about The Interview: SnapSwap[…]