10/17/2025 8:28:44 AM It’s now or never for EU-wide company status By Samantha Wulfson The final months of 2025 will be the “tipping point” that determines whether the European Commission’s plans for a new EU-wide company...
7/14/2025 2:06:23 PM The EU published its new rulebook for GenAI. What do startups need to know? By Samantha Wulfson The AI Act comprises the first set of laws comprehensively governing how the fast-moving technology will be regulated — but has been...
7/11/2024 1:36:48 PM Apple opens payments tech to avoid EU fine By Sarah Wolter The agreement, announced by the European Union this week, is binding for a decade, letting other companies use the technology free of...
5/29/2024 1:38:16 PM ZTLment raises €2.4m in pre-Seed funding By FinTech Collective Copenhagen based decentralized money transfer startup raised €2.4m in pre-Seed funding led by Upfin and Giant Ventures.
5/29/2024 12:58:54 PM Cloover raises €104.8m in growth funding By FinTech Collective Berlin based climate company raised €104.8m in growth funding led by Lowercarbon Capital.
4/22/2024 4:00:31 PM FilmChain raises £2.8m in new funding By FinTech Collective London based payments startup for film and TV stakeholders raised £2.8m in new funding led by Holt IntersXion.
4/22/2024 3:39:50 PM Usual Labs raises $7m in new funding By FinTech Collective Paris based stablecoin protocol raised $7m in new funding led by IOSG Ventures and Kraken Ventures.
4/5/2024 8:03:48 PM A European fintech hub prepares to get tough on crypto companies By FinTech Collective Lithuania expects to issue full crypto licenses by June 2025 The crypto sector ‘failed’ when lightly regulated, Krepsta says.
12/6/2023 4:49:06 PM SocGen’s crypto unit debuts euro-pegged stablecoin By FinTech Collective The stablecoin marks the first time a regulated European bank has made a euro-pegged stablecoin available on a crypto exchange.
12/6/2023 3:27:18 PM Tokenization of RWAs gets push in Europe as AXA, Generali buys SocGen's green bonds on Ethereum By FinTech Collective SocGen said tokenized bonds provide greater transparency and traceability, as well as speedier transactions and settlements.
11/27/2023 7:10:15 PM Swiss city of Lugano embraces crypto with Polygon integration By FinTech Collective MyLugano, the payments app of the Swiss city of Lugano, has integrated support for Polygon as part of the municipality’s broader mission...
11/24/2023 10:08:09 AM EU AI regulation could be derailed over France, Germany objections By Samantha Wulfson The home countries of Europe’s most successful generative AI startups are blocking new rules for AI foundation models proposed in the AI...
10/27/2023 1:59:18 PM The EU’s upcoming AI law could be “a zero or one regulation” By Samantha Wulfson After four years of intense negotiations, the EU is expected to finalise its rules for AI companies by the end of this year. The new...
6/23/2023 5:45:31 PM Deutsche Bank reportedly applies for digital asset custody license from BaFin By FinTech Collective Germany’s banking industry is slowly warming up to the crypto sector, with multiple partnerships and crypto services launching in 2023...
4/21/2023 2:05:05 PM First EU-wide crypto regulations clear final parliament vote By Sarah Wolter The approval of the EU’s Markets in Cryptoassets, or MiCA, regulation is the first time that governments have tried to supervise the...
3/7/2023 6:12:19 PM Relai raises $4.5m in Seed extension funding By Zein Dayekh Zurich based bitcoin investment platform focused on serving Europeans raised $4.5m in Seed extension funding led by Ego Death Capital.