Card and account for everyone, for free. This is the vision of Balázs Némethi, the CEO of Taqanu Bank. There is a lot going on around Taqanu these days. They participated in a Swiss blockchain accelerator program, nexuslab and moved to Berlin to set up the HQ there. I asked Balázs about the idea, and[…]
We see a whole new sector growing up. The name comes from the marriage of regulation and technology, however foreseeing what it means for financial companies is more comprehensive. In the financial industry the level of regulation is continuously increasing and is not only a great cost factor, but affects the working processes and innovation[…]
This summer, two CEE FinTech co-founders, János and András had the opportunity to meet and talk with Brett King, four times bestselling author, the host of the “BREAKING BANK$” Radio Show and the founder of the fintech startup Moven. During our conversation with Brett, we discussed future trends, Brexit impact and „Banks vs Fintechs” as[…]
Wyze.me is the first fully automatic PFM app in Hungary founded by György Mudri and Tamás Gémes. Their mission is to increase financial literacy through easy-to-use and automatic technology solutions in the CEE region. They got their first investment from Kitchen Budapest in June 2015. Last month the team came out with the public beta so[…]
PSD2 is a work-in-progress EU Directive to be implemented in the domestic legislations by January 18, 2018. This regulation will shape the digital financial market, since it frames the rules for the new and traditional players. The rules PSD2 will introduce result in a much lower entry barrier to the sector which will enhance competition[…]
The interview series continue with Márk Hetényi, who speaks about how banks are embracing FinTech, what are FinTechs good at and he also revealed some plans of MKB Bank. Márk gave the interview at the MKB FinTech Lab, where he announced that MKB is starting an incubation program in the near future to take up local FinTech companies. Márk Hetényi[…]
