Bafin

News N26 expands management team after Bafin accusations Not doing enough to combat 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 its...
News "The patience of the bank supervisors has snapped" 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 It still needs a license from Bafin, but otherwise Bitpanda is ready for its German location: ten employees are currently already working for the fintech from Berlin, and the plan is to have up to 100 in the long...
Interviews "Driving people into this gambling is dangerous" Digital expert Alexander Braun talks about the regulatory cudgel 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 will be assigned a special representative. The supervisory authority is also demanding 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 throughout Europe.
News Bafin exonerates Trade Republic The neobroker Trade Republic was caught in the crossfire of its customers at the end of January. It was accused of market manipulation and closing ranks with US hedge funds. Bafin received over 4,000 complaints. It...
News Bafin admonishes Trade Republic The online broker Trade Republic had temporarily suspended trading in some volatile shares. The financial regulator is not happy about this.

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