Analysis | Fintech | 31 Aug The rise of an ethical alternative to payday lenders? Earned wage access startups offering access to your money as soon as you’ve earned it are appearing across Europe
News | Payments | 4 Aug Cash is dead(ish) Is the long-predicted death of cash finally happening because of coronavirus?
Analysis | Fintech | 10 Jun Is this the new face of Generation Z banking? Forget fancy apps and metal cards. A new breed of "messenger banks" are breaking onto the scene.
Analysis | Hiring | 8 May These are the French startups still hiring through the crisis Can startups get back to driving French jobs creations? Here’s what the latest data shows, and a look at who’s hiring.
Interview | Payments | 31 Jan What Europe can learn from Africa’s mobile wallets France’s Famoco has deployed 250,000 of its secure payment terminals, most of which in Africa. Now with a €20m fundraise it wants to bring African innovation back to Europe.
News | Fintech | 8 Jan Questions for Klarna as study warns “pay later” schemes damaging millions of shoppers’ credit scores "Buy now pay later" options are becoming more popular credit options. But new research suggests shoppers are still unaware of the dangers, predicting over 2m UK users have seen credit scores plummet
Analysis | Fintech | 12 Dec The startups killing Italy’s cash economy Italy is still a predominantly cash economy, which presents a challenge to Europe's fintech startups such as Qonto and N26 trying to conquer the market. What's their plan?
News | Banking | 15 Aug £425m handed out and dozens of promises to improve small business banking But will these make a real difference?
Analysis | Finance | 8 Aug Europe’s fintech startups target Generation Z Generation Z, defined as those born after 1996, represents both a lucrative, and under-served, market for fintech startups.
Analysis | Mobility | 17 Jul What Citymapper did next It was going to be the transport operating system of cities around the world — and then it wasn’t. As Citymapper ends its ride-hailing service, we ask: what’s next?
Interview | Investment | 8 Jul Tetra Pak heir turns angel investor Magnus Rausing is heir to the multi-billion euro Tetra Laval fortune. Now he has turned to startup investing.
Analysis | Blockchain | 18 Jun Monerium gets licence to issue e-money on blockchains As the first company to get a licence to issue e-money on blockchains, Monerium has a countermove for Europe.
Analysis | Finance | 4 Jun Paypal wants to partner with European fintechs The new strategy of Paypal makes it possible for small European fintech startups to reach new markets. Swedish startup Tink is already there.
Analysis | Payments | 14 May “We don’t see ourselves as a fintech company” Fintech or not, this Danish corporate card issuer has raised two large rounds within a year. But why raise more money when the first round has not been touched?
9 May Truecaller is succeeding where Facebook is failing (in India) With 140 million users and heading towards a billion dollar valuation, the Swedish spam app Truecaller is now ready for the next challenge – becoming a money lender.
