The event is online. Anyone can join. The goal is to discuss the Cyprus Fintech scene and how is connected with the global fintech innovation in the future.
Cyprus Fintech Summit 2021 (Online)
Insurtech in Europe: 2020 in review
(Editor’s note: this a guest post from Florian Graillot, co-founder and partner at astorya.vc, a European early-stage insurtech-focused fund launched in October 2017.) In 2020, €600m+ was invested in European InsurTech startups, which is a 25% YoY drop from €800€+. Interestingly, COVID-19 had little to do with the drop in funding. The lack of German […]
Embedded finance: The future of banks is behind the scenes
Editor’s note: this is a guest post from venture investor and banker Alan Vaksman. People don’t like banks or banking anymore, they like goods and services. The notion of client-centric banks is fading and banks need to revise their retail model. Everything is shifting towards banks becoming regulated SaaS companies. To put it simply, the […]
Why the future of finance is finite for traditional banks – if they don’t act now
Editor’s note: this is a guest post from venture investor and banker Alan Vaksman, who argues that European banks “slept through” the mobile revolution of the mid-2000s, and if they do not wake up, they will be late boarding the “digital currencies” train to boot. He is confident that in order for banks to quickly […]
A close look at how Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures has been doubling down on European fintech
Palantir, the infamous data analytics firm co-founded by Peter Thiel recently went public, netting another sizeable payday for the PayPal co-founder and early Facebook backer – but while this was going on, one of the funds he co-founded was signing off on yet another deal in Europe. Austrian cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda announced its $52 million […]
Ziglu wants to bring the challenger bank mindset to crypto
Mark Hipperson had a very busy Monday morning after his fintech startup Ziglu just launched its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. It set a £1 million target but the campaign surpassed that goal within three hours. As of now it’s at £1.8 million. “What we’re trying to do is add customers and profile and crowdfunding […]
Reinventing paperwork in insurance and financial services: The no-code approach
Editor’s note: This is a sponsored article, which means it is independently written by our editorial team but financially supported by another organisation, in this case, EasySend. If you would like to learn more about sponsored posts on Tech.eu, read this and contact us if you are interested in partnering with us. Companies in financial […]