Tagged: denmark

February 18, 2025 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Market Pay Group announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Altapay, a payment service provider (PSP) headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Altapay, which serves over 400 merchants, has developed “expertise in managing online transactions.” With a portfolio of local and international payment methods, as well… Read More

February 17, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the acquisition of Danish payment reconciliation software Storebuddy, accounting platform Ageras rolls-up its seventh company -preceded by its 2024 acquisition of business banking provider Shine from Société Générale– to complement its service offering and “enhance its position as a leading accounting platform for SMEs… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent legislative changes mean Danish private limited companies (ApS) can now fundraise on Republic Europe, opening up investment opportunities for all. For the “first time” in history, Danish ApS companies (Anpartsselskaber) can tap into the power of community fundraising to fuel their growth. A noteworthy… Read More

June 24, 2024 @ 1:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Danske Bank says it makes it easier to make sustainable investments directly via the Mobile Bank. A new feature from Danske Bank‘s mobile bank reportedly makes customers “more aware of how many sustainable investments they have in their portfolio – and what they can do… Read More

June 23, 2024 @ 8:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK-based Seedrs has distributed on X touting the success of the Female Invest securities offering. Seedrs tallies the following metrics for the offering: The fastest to reach $1m in funding, in just under 4 minutes 1597 female investors Fastest securities offering to 1000 investors in… Read More

May 22, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Softpay has announced the integration of the Softpay Tap-to-Pay App into the iMin ecosystem. The app can be downloaded from the iMin App Store and “used directly from the iMin Swift 1 Pro smart POS device and the Swift 2 Pro mobile POS device.” This… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inpay, the Danish cross-border payments provider, has announced strong annual results for 2023. Annual revenues increased by 23 percent to €60.1 million, up from €48.6 million in 2022. The business also saw strong growth in EBITDA, “up 57 percent to €13.0 million in 2023, up… Read More

October 20, 2023 @ 11:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Token.io, the account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider has announced the expansion of its direct open banking connectivity network to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, where it now “offers Account Information Services (AIS) and Payment Initiation Services (PIS) services.” This unlocks new opportunities “for Payment Service… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netcompany acquired a 20% stake in the Danish based Festina Finance – a provider of software for the Life and Pension industry with a customer base in Denmark and the Netherlands. The investment will accelerate the entry “into new markets for Festina Finance and enhance… Read More

August 24, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the “only” bank in Denmark, Lunar has decided to offer positive interest rates on all types of accounts without any demands for tying up the funds. Lunar is reportedly “removing the upper limit on deposit interest rates, allowing all paying customers access to positive… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership will see Northstake extend its virtual asset investment products to Coinify’s premier clients, accelerating institutional exposure to the crypto-staking industry. Northstake A/S, a regulated virtual asset service provider offering compliant staking products for institutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Coinify. Coinify is… Read More

August 11, 2023 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments announced that it has expanded its product coverage with the launch of open banking-powered instant payments and payouts in Denmark. With full product coverage in Sweden and Finland, the addition of Denmark further strengthens the second-generation fintech’s footprint “as it continues its expansion… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On 4 July 2023, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority made a decision that Saxo Bank A/S’ trading in crypto assets for its own account is found “to lie outside the legal business area of ​​financial institutions, including section 24 of the Financial Business Act.” On… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Inpay, the international payments firm, has secured an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), “becoming the first Scandinavian fintech to combine EMI, PSP, and TPP.” The new license will enable the company “to issue electronic money, facilitate digital payments… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Froda is launching a card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark in partnership with digital bank Lunar and Visa. According to a public statement, the launch follows a successful test period, as the company strives to make it faster and cheaper for SMEs to access growth… Read More

June 9, 2023 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In recent years, Danske Bank has made fundamental changes to the bank, resulting in a more focused business with a reduced risk level and a strengthened organization. Simultaneously they have “focused on strengthening our commercial momentum, and Danske Bank is on a clear trajectory to… Read More

June 8, 2023 @ 2:17 am By JD Alois  |  

SaveLend Group has received regulatory approval from the Danish FSA (Finanstilsynet) to acquire Lunar Bank’s peer-to-peer lending business. According to a statement by SaveLending, the P2P business will now be migrated over to Savelend in the coming months. The acquisition includes all customer relations with… Read More

May 14, 2023 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Freepay has announced a collaboration with Finaro to strengthen its position in the Danish market as a payment provider (payment gateway). Through this collaboration, Freepay can now “offer a broader solution within online payments on various technical platforms, both physically and online, where card payment… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neonomics, a Nordic open banking provider, has expanded the launch of their core open banking driven Checkout solution to the Danish market. This payment solution makes it easy for any business “to get started with account-to-account payments through a frictionless front-end user interface, delivering higher… Read More

April 19, 2023 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Januar ApS is reporting that it has received its full Payment Institution license from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (DFSA). Januar says that the license will enable it to serve clients across the European Economic Area (EEA). The company shares that it has received “significant interest:… Read More