Germany-based digital small business bank Penta has announced its new chief executive officer. According to a report on Monday (June 3), Penta is bringing Marko Wenthin onboard as its CEO. Wenthin is co-founder of solarisBank, the banking-as-a-service company that holds bank accounts for Penta customers....
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes solarisBank‘s tie-up with Alipay for payments in Europe. PagBrasil is working with Singaporean payment service provider APACPAY to grow payment options in Brazil, a decline in self-service payment terminals in...
Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for a November launch, the service already has pre-registrations from 35,000 users. It was created as part of the “Blockchain Factory” initiative from solarisBank...
The Poland-based Alior Bank is teaming up with solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to roll out a digital bank in Europe open to all European Union residents. According to a report in BankingTech, the new digital bank is slated to launch in the fourth quarter of...
October 17, 2022
Coinbase hired the former chief operating officer for Solarisbank to advance its current expansion drive across Europe. Daniel Seifert joined Coinbase as vice president and regional managing director, EMEA, overseeing Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a spokesperson from Coinbase told PYMNTS on Monday (Oct. 17). He will be in charge of driving the company’s business […]
October 09, 2018
Bitwala is teaming up with Germany-based solarisBank to roll out a blockchain bank account, CoinDesk reported. While the service is targeted for a November launch, the service already has pre-registrations...
June 14, 2018
The Poland-based Alior Bank is teaming up with solarisBank, Raisin and Mastercard to roll out a digital bank in Europe open to all European Union residents. According to a report...
March 08, 2018
solarisBank, the first FinTech with a full banking license, raised EUR 56.6 million in a round of funding that included Visa among other investors. In a press release, solarisBank said...
