Stories about our team
and ecosystem

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.

As a satellite event of the Tech Open Air 2016, our Managing Director Carolin Gabor hosted the "Women in Tech Breakfast".

Based on KPMG's ranking of the top 50 leading Fintechs in the world, we used the top ten companies to compare their location, sector, year created, size, and investment.

Based on KPMG's ranking of the top 50 leading Fintechs in the world, we grouped the companies by sectors and customer focus. Most companies have a B2C focus and work in the lending, wealth and payment spheres.