Don’s Blog: It’s time to get personal
This time of year, people are either very distressed for not making their targets (yet), or very relaxed and focussed on family time – I am wishing you the latter! I really like to do work during the holiday period – not during the Christmas days that I like to spend with family – and […]
Don’s Blog: 5 years down the line
Holland FinTech has turned 5 years old! 23 October 2014 we organized our first event. A wonderful milestone for our work in the Fintech community. And we are very happy to be celebrating this with our members and friends, Thursday 21 November in Amsterdam. At our anniversary celebration, we will elaborate on how history […]
Don’s Blog: Policy for the digital economy
As I referred to in my last blog, September/October is policy season in the Netherlands, a time when different policymakers present holistic policy agendas for the coming year to the public via His Majesty King Willem-Alexander’s annual speech to members of the government and legislature. Even though this years’ agenda is quite balanced and addresses […]
Adyen x TNW Founders Day
We had the pleasure of attending Adyen x TNW’s Founder Day and had the chance to interview a few FinTech firms….with a twist. Adyen – Jakub Can you please explain what your company does…..to my grandmother? Dear Granny, Adyen makes your life easy and simple – it helps you get to your relatives with Uber […]
Member Spotlight: Givt
Inspired by the dwindling art of giving, Sjoerd van Oort helped birth Givt, a mobile application-based solution to ‘giving’ in an increasingly cashless economy. Frustrated that people were being prevented from giving to the church donation plate, or limited by the denominations they carried with them, Givt aims to ensure this social practice isn’t lost […]
Factris concludes a facility agreement amounting to €100 million
Factris has recently announced its conclusion of a €100 million credit facility agreement, which will provide working capital to SMEs throughout Europe. Brian Reaves, CEO of Factris, commented about the agreement for Holland Fintech: ”The agreement is a step toward creating the largest independent working capital provider for small and medium sized businesses in Europe. With […]
Member Spotlight: Advision Finance
Advision Finance is a Netherlands-based firm providing advisory services to banks, microfinance institutions and social impact investors that focus on financial inclusion in emerging markets. We talked to Diana Cazacu, Founder and Managing Director of Advision Finance, to hear more about her company. Having worked in more than 10 countries on three different continents, Diana […]
Newgen Payments launches One-Tap payment solution
Newgen Payments is reported to have launched its One-Tap payment solution targeting gaming merchants. The solution includes an intuitive in-app experience for customers and a monitoring and management app for merchants. While enabling customers to top up their gaming wallets seamlessly via a single tap, the solution also enables merchants to monitor and manage One-Tap […]
Research At A Glance: Week 46
The Role of Fintech in Unlocking Green Finance: Policy Insights for Developing Countries by The ADB Institute This working paper explores the technologies that disrupted the financial services industry and proposes three key re-applications to provide ‘greener’ finance. Firstly blockchain is highlighted as having potential to encourage sustainable production, in part by providing supply chain […]
Five Degrees and ieDigital co-launch digital banking portfolio
The parties are reported to have recently signed a partnership agreement in which they strengthen their positions in the retail, business banking and private banking. The digital banking portfolio will be one of the comprehensive solutions for financial institutions. The portfolio will consist of a straight-forward and cost-effective method to build end-to-end banking products, while […]