Solaris - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/identity

Bitpanda to deploy Solaris KYC platform

Solaris, Europe’s leading embedded finance platform is proud to welcome Bitpanda, Europe’s leading crypto platform, on its KYC platform.

01 August 2024

Company announcement/people

Solaris hires Michael Bonacker to lead supervisory board

Solaris, Europe’s leading embedded finance platform, announces the appointment of new supervisory board members. The board will be instrumental in helping Solaris execute its 5-year strategy, dedicated to achieving profitable growth, focusing on core verticals, and making regulatory compliance a key USP.

26 June 2024

News/startups

Tomorrow migrates brokerage from Solaris to fintech lemon.markets

German fintech lemon.markets is entering the Brokerage-as-a-Service segment with its first banking partner, sustainable banking provider Tomorrow, moving across from Solaris.

11 June 2024

News/retail

Solaris raises €96 million in funding

German Banking-as-a-Service outfit Solaris has raised €96 million in a Series F funding round and secured a financial guarentee of up to €100 million capital equivalent which will enable it to execute on a major credit card contract with Munich-based motor association Adac.

19 March 2024

News/payments

Solaris struggles to raise funds to meet major credit card contract - FT

German Banking-as-a-Service outfit Solaris is struggling to raise fund to execute on a major credit card contract with Munich-based motor association Adac, the FT reports.

26 September 2023

News/retail

Solaris secures €38 million capital raise

Embedded finance platform Solaris has raised €38 million in the first close of its Series F equity finance round.

11 July 2023

Company announcement/crypto

Huobi launches crypto debit card in partnership with Solaris

Huobi Global, one of the world’s leading virtual asset exchanges, has announced a partnership with Solaris, to deliver a crypto-to-fiat debit card that will enable Huobi users to spend digital assets at the point-of-sale globally.

13 January 2023

News/people

Solaris reshuffles management board

Solaris has announced a rejig of its management board. This move is linked to a change in their corporate strategy following the placement of a new CEO.

16 December 2022

Company announcement/retail

Contis retires its brand and becomes Solaris

Today, Banking-as-a-Service provider Contis has completed a significant step in becoming further integrated within the Solaris Group, with the Contis brand being retired.

06 December 2022

News/payments

Appetite growing for embedded finance in mobility sector - Solaris

Research conducted by Solaris and the Handelsblatt Research Institute explores how embedded finance opportunities are opening up in the European mobility sector.

25 November 2022

Company announcement/people

Solaris announces CEO succession

Solaris, Europe's leading embedded finance platform, today announced that Dr. Roland Folz, Chief Executive Officer of Solaris, will retire from his position effective April 30, 2023.

27 October 2022

Company announcement/payments

ADAC Finanzdienste taps Solarisbank for credit card

ADAC Finanzdienste GmbH and Solarisbank AG will cooperate on the ADAC credit card program in the future. Solaris will replace Landesbank Berlin (LBB) as co-branding partner for the ADAC credit card in the second half of 2023.

30 September 2022