Tagged: austria

March 30, 2026 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vienna-based Speedinvest, one of Europe’s most active early-stage venture capital players, has announced a roughly 10 percent reduction in its team size. The cuts, which focus mainly on operational and support functions, were shared internally during an all-hands meeting and follow several months of elevated… Read More

September 3, 2025 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets platform Bitpanda has unveiled the Vision Protocol, an infrastructure designed to serve as a key part of its Web3 ecosystem. Launched late last month, this protocol aims to address the fragmentation and inefficiencies plaguing the current DeFi ecosystem, reportedly offering a more seamless,… Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) announced that Raiffeisen Bank dd Bosnia-Herzegovina, a member of Austrian-based Raiffeisen Bank, has successfully gone live with Temenos Core for retail banking. The core modernization marks a key milestone, “enabling Raiffeisen Bank dd Bosnia-Herzegovina to enhance customer experience and drive greater efficiency.”… Read More

April 19, 2025 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European fintech Pliant has reportedly acquired the Austrian Insurtech hi.health. The acquisition enables Pliant to apply its payment expertise to the insurance sector while “gaining industry-specific know-how.” This marks the company’s second acquisition “following the purchase of Friday Finance in 2023.” hi.health will continue to… Read More

March 3, 2025 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced it has signed an agreement with Austrian Reporting Services (AuRep) to provide the regulatory reporting technology that underpins the Austrian financial services industry. Established back in 2013, AuRep is a collaboration amongst banks and financial service providers in Austria designed to… Read More

March 2, 2025 @ 6:46 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Talentir, billed as the fastest-growing on-chain YouTube distribution operation, has introduced a lending protocol that allows content creators to access real-time payouts and earn yield on their YouTube-generated income. The company’s latest product, stablecoin-payout.com, aims to bridge the gap between traditional online platforms such as… Read More

February 12, 2025 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda has reached another regulatory milestone, securing approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate in the United Kingdom. Bitpanda is a top Fintech success story emerging from Austria. Alongside the MiCAR license, this means that Bitpanda will aim to cement its position… Read More

December 12, 2024 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Assetera, a digital securities marketplace, is now allowing trading in “Blue Chip” stocks, like NVDA and “T-Bill trackers,” providing 24/7 trading on a platform powered by blockchain technology. Assetera is licensed and supervised by the Austrian Financial Market Authority and holds a MiFID II license…. Read More

December 10, 2024 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda has just announced that the platform now offers access to over 500 cryptocurrencies, setting a new standard in crypto investing. Bitpanda noted that this milestone cements their position as the European crypto platform for investors looking to diversify and “capitalize on the growing opportunities… Read More

November 28, 2024 @ 10:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), a UK based growth equity investor, announced a growth investment in Springtime Technologies, an accounts payable automation software company operating in Vienna, Austria. The investment from SEP will now aim to accelerate Springtime’s product development and expand its market presence. Springtime’s… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security tokens at Bitpanda are aimed at enabling new era of investing. The European Fintech firm recently shared that Bitpanda is the first crypto platform to make this particular asset class available to potentially millions of retail investors. All Bitpanda customers are now able to… Read More

August 27, 2024 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda‘s latest partner, CoinMENA, is a crypto broker in the Middle East. Through their partnership with Bitpanda Technology Solutions (BTS), CoinMENA will enhance trading efficiency on their platform and “expand the range of crypto assets available to its users.” When fully implemented, CoinMENA will have… Read More

July 13, 2024 @ 12:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda is pleased to share their annual update, marking 2024 as a year of dynamic growth and expansion for Bitpanda Technology Solutions. Bitpanda notes that 2024 has been “a pivotal year for Bitpanda Technology Solutions, marked by diversification and new strategic partnerships.” They have reportedly… Read More

June 25, 2024 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

AI firm Prewave has raised $67 million in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Hedosophia, with participation from existing investors Creandum, Ventech, Kompas, Speedinvest, and Working Capital Fund. The company said the money will be used to enable its next phase… Read More

June 4, 2024 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitpanda, a European Fintech company that specializes in crypto, has announced a partnership with Deutsche Bank regarding payments. Bitpanda states that Deutsche Bank will provide real-time payment services for its users. Deutsche Bank will also provide local IBAN numbers for deposits for German Bitpanda users. This… Read More

May 16, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda, Europe’s crypto company, has reported its most significant quarters of growth to date, with revenue for Q1 FY ‘24 exceeding €100 million. The wider market experienced a significant downturn in 2022, which led Bitpanda to rethink its “long-term growth strategy.” This meant a refocus… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Building a successful crypto portfolio requires diversification, and that applies to meme coins as well, according to an update from Bitpanda. However, actively researching and managing “a basket of individual meme coins is a time-consuming endeavor,” Bitpanda notes while adding that this is where the… Read More

May 8, 2024 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A year after the start Bitpanda first enabled trading for Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien, they are pleased to announce that their partnership will now be rolled out “across the North and East of Austria to an additional 55 Raiffeisen banks in Lower Austria and Burgenland.” The core… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Demuth, CEO at Bitpanda, reveals that they’re launching LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures (focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals). When the team first created Bitpanda, there wasn’t much help available to them. There also wasn’t enough funding and there wasn’t expertise they could draw… Read More

January 30, 2024 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda is announcing the launch of Bitpanda Wealth, which is described as the specialized service tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs), Family Offices, External Asset Managers and Corporate Treasuries. Responding to the demands of investors in our current markets in… Read More