Bafin

News N26 expands management team after Bafin allegations Not taking good enough action against money laundering is a serious accusation for a bank. And N26 has to deal with criticism from Bafin time and again. Following the latest accusations, the neobank is now expanding...
News "The patience thread of bank supervisors is broken". Bafin threatens N26 with no longer being allowed to accept new customers. Apparently, the neobank is not taking strong enough action against money laundering for the supervisory authority.
News Balance Re receives Bafin approval Life reinsurer from Cologne also secures ten million US dollars in its Series A financing round.
News Bitpanda comes to Berlin The license from Bafin is still missing, but otherwise Bitpanda is ready for the German location: Currently, ten employees are already working for the fintech from Berlin, and in the long term there should be up to...
Interviews "Driving people into this gambling is dangerous". Digital expert Alexander Braun talks about the regulatory cudgels against neobrokers, why refunds are not the problem and what he recommends to fintechs who want to build a sustainable business model.
News Element increases financing round to 66 million euros The Berlin-based insurtech already raised 50 million euros last year, and is now receiving a further 16 million euros from new and existing investors.
News N26 gets BaFin special representative at its side Neobank is assigned a special representative. In addition, the supervisory authority demands better internal security measures.
News EClear receives BaFin license The Berlin-based fintech has received the license of a payment service provider. EClear now wants to process the payment transactions of online merchants across Europe.
News Bafin exonerates Trade Republic The neobroker Trade Republic was caught in the crossfire by its customers at the end of January. The accusation was market manipulation and collaboration with US hedge funds. Bafin received more than 4,000 complaints....
News Bafin admonishes Trade Republic The online broker Trade Republic had temporarily suspended trading in some volatile stocks. The financial regulator does not like that at all.

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