The Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (Finantsinspektsioon) has officially granted an insurance broker license to Herrmann, Huebner & Partner…
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Nets, a payment services provider based in Denmark, has extended their long-term partnership with Estonia’s LHV Bank, while…
Stockholm-based Checkin.com Group announced that it has acquired GetID, an Estonian identity verification software provider, for EUR 8.1…
Estonian ride hailing app Bolt announced that it has closed a €600 million funding round, increasing its valuation…
Eesti Pank (EP), the central bank of Estonia, carried out a research project to assess one possible technical…
Estonia-based cross-border payment startup PayQin has raised €300,000 in a seed funding round, pushing the startup’s total funding…
Danish personal financial management (PFM) app Spiir announced that it has launched a beta version of its app…
Checkout.com, a London-based cloud-based payments solutions provider, announces the acquisition of Estonian software development firm Icefire. The acquisition…
EstateGuru, an Estonian marketplace for short-term, property-backed loans, announced a funding round on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs up…
U.S.-based fintech Stripe announced that it has launched its issuing services across 20 European countries. Stripe Issuing is…
Veriff, an Estonian identity verification provider, announced that it has secured US$ 69 million in Series B financing…
Estonia is emerging as a leader in e-government, embracing digital platforms and technologies to bring seamless and convenient…
Revolut, a British fintech company offering banking services, announced that it has operationalised its European specialised banking license…
In the Baltic region, banks are embracing open banking with most of the major ones giving third-party providers…
Estonian startup Garage48 has concluded its 4th Cyber Security Hackathon on the 23rd to 25th of October, announcing…
Xolo, announced the appointment of Elina Räsänen as their new Chief Marketing Officer starting from November, 2020. The…
Latitude59 x EstBAN Pitching Competition’s pre-finals took place last week with over 50 early-stage startups competing for the chance to…
In 2017, Estonia became amongst the first countries in Europe to provide a legal framework for business activities…
Estonia is launching its long-awaited Digital Nomad Visa this month, an extension of their e-Residency programme. Digital nomads…
Planet42, an Estonian fintech operating in Africa that focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has…