Stories about our team
and ecosystem

Our venture FinReach is going international! An Austrian bank is now offering the digital account switch service.

Fintech has become an innovative industry that is giving the underbanked community a different perspective on banking.

FinReach lies in the heart of Berlin, surrounded by historic museums and sky-high buildings. Take a look behind the scenes at the FinReach office!

Today, we go a different route as we write about one of Fintech's younger siblings - RegTech. Learn more about the trend, its companies, and its future.

As the financial world is changing, the door has been opened to new entrants in the industry - Challenger Banks. Learn more about what they are and why they are important.

Two of FinLeap's ventures - Pair Finance and solarisBank - have been named in the top 50 Emerging Fintechs in this year's Fintech 100. Congratulations!

With Fintechs gaining more and more power, banks have become open to collaboration. Read more about the opportunities these collaborations provide for both Fintechs and banks.

​With the addition of more and more regulations after the financial crisis, risk management in banking has been changed tremendously. So what exactly is risk management and why do banks and fintechs need to know about it?

With growing numbers in startups and investments, Berlin is shaping into the place to be for Fintech. But why?

Since the late 1900s, we have noticed a steady growth in mobile phone usage. Read more about how Fintech is reacting to the change and influencing the banking industry.

BaaS or Banking as a service is the newest Fintech trend everyone is talking about. But why? In the past, traditional banks enjoyed soaring profits and a great customer base. With the shift in customer consumption behaviors towards online and app-based banking, new entrants in the financial space began popping up to take advantage of the patterns. Thus, consumers got spoiled by the new Fintechs while banks could not keep up.

Crowdfunding has quickly developed into a leading trend for startups to acquire funding, transforming into the champion of small businesses. It provides a way for innovate ideas to be presented attractively, so it can be launched.