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‘Massive’ potential for embedded finance in Europe - Solarisbank

Research by Solarisbank and the Handelsblatt Research Institute has found considerable conversion potential for e-commerce providers to offer financial services in Germany, confirming the significant opportunity embedded finance may hold across Europe.

26 April 2021

Finextra TV/payments

Entering a golden age for Embedded Finance

Dr. Roland Folz, CEO, Solarisbank talks to FinextraTV about the top trends in embedded finance, the rewards start-ups, SMEs, and large corporates can reap from contextual banking, and what’s next in this space.

05 March 2021

News/cloud

Solarisbank migrates to the cloud

Berlin-based banking-as-a-service platform Solarisbank has migrated its entire technology stack to Amazon Web Services as part of a plan to extends its business across new European markets next year.

30 November 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Solaris Digital Assets wins Bitwala as digital asset custody partner

Solaris Digital Assets GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Solarisbank AG, today announced that it has won Bitwala, Germany’s crypto-banking flagship company, as a partner for its digital asset custody solution.

17 November 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Solaris Digital Assets inks deal with Curv

Curv, the leader in digital asset security, today announced that Solaris Digital Assets GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Europe's leading banking-as-a-service platform Solarisbank, has become a Curv client.

17 November 2020

News/payments

Samsung Pay taps Solarisbank to connect with any German bank account

Samsung has joined forces with Visa and Solarisbank to enable Germans to link an account with almost any bank to its contactless mobile payments service.

30 September 2020

Company announcement/payments

Solarisbank brings Samsung pay to Germany

Solarisbank AG, Europe's leading Banking-as-a-Service platform, today announced a partnership with Samsung Electronics and Visa to bring Samsung Pay, a leading mobile payment solution, to Germany.

24 September 2020

News/retail

SolarisBank raises €60 million

German banking-as-a-service platform solarisBank has snagged €60 million in series C funding, with fresh contributions from BBVA, ABN Amro and SBI.

30 June 2020

News/payments

SolarisBank and American Express team on installment payment loans

Germany's solarisBank and American Express have come together to create a new installment payment option for card payments of €300 or more.

26 June 2020

News/startups

Vivid Money taps solarisBank and Visa for launch in Germany

Vivid Money, a mobile banking startup funded by Russia's Tinkoff Bank, is launching in Germany with support from Berlin-based solarisBank and Visa.

08 June 2020

Company announcement/retail

SolarisBank wins CarNext.com account

CarNext.com, a pan-European online marketplace for high-quality used cars, today announced a new partnership with solarisBank, the Berlin-based tech company with a banking license, to provide its customers with fast, secure and transparent car financing, with the online credit process usually completed in as little as 10 minutes.

14 May 2020

News/retail

Finleap launches white label mobile banking app

German fintech factory finleap connect has launched a white label mobile banking application that firms can quickly roll out with their own name and branding.

07 May 2020