Unzer goes to Berlin

The payment service provider is relocating its headquarters to the capital, but intends to keep a seat at its founding location in Heidelberg.

The payment service provider Unzer is in the midst of upheaval. First there was stress with Bafin, then a new advisory board with prominent members, and now the fintech is moving from Heidelberg to Berlin.

Since the company originally emerged from the fintech "Heidelpay," its headquarters were previously located in Baden-Württemberg. But according to CEO Robert Bueninck, they now want to open a new chapter: "Unzer is often still perceived as the former Heidelpay. But that is already long behind us. Unzer now unites thirteen companies under one brand, with which we are uniquely positioned in the market. By relocating our headquarters to the German capital and European metropolis of Berlin, we are underlining our ambition for growth and the internationalization of our offering," says Bueninck. However, the Heidelberg site is to be retained.

The payment provider Unzer, founded in 2009, has meanwhile been able to gain 70,000 customers. Since 2019, the company has been majority-owned by KKR. Earlier this year, the company had acquired Berlin-based start-up Tillhub to grow further. However, not everything is rosy at the fintech: At the end of August, Bafin had ordered a ban on new customers and appointed a special commissioner because the supervisory authority had identified several "in part serious deficiencies" at Unzer.