It’s a difficult decision to abandon your home market, but that’s exactly what Finiata has done. In late March, the Berlin-based startup announced that it was closing its commercial operations in Germany, to focus exclusively on Poland, which it sees as a far more exciting market for its type of fintech offering.
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