TL;DR: Trade Republic now lets retail investors put as little as €1 into private-markets funds from Apollo and EQT, with monthly sell options on an internal marketplace and a 1% launch bonus. Great headline—but mind the fees, lockups, and tax wrinkles.
What’s new?
Trade Republic is moving from...
The curtain is closing on a defining chapter of Europe’s most famous neobank.Valentin Stalf, the visionary co-founder and Co-CEO of N26, has announced he will step down from his operational role and move to the supervisory board — a...
On September 10, 2025, Klarna went public on the New York Stock Exchange, raising $1.37 billion at an IPO price of $40 per share. The stock opened nearly 30% higher...
Robinhood’s crypto revenue just doubled — and it’s not stopping there. In its Q2 earnings release, the trading platform reported a 100% surge in crypto revenue,...
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U.S.-based fintech Bilt Rewards has officially reached unicorn status, securing a $1.075 billion valuation after its latest $200 million funding round led by General Catalyst. As Finextra reports, this...
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Berlin neobank turns to a Santander heavyweight after Carina Kozole announces her exit
Why the shake-up?
German business daily Handelsblatt reports that chief risk officer Carina Kozole will leave N26 on 31 July 2025. Stepping...
Klarna, the Swedish BNPL giant, has just entered a new vertical: telecommunications. Its newly launched mobile plan — offering unlimited 5G data, calls, and texts...
1. Company Overview
N26 GmbH is a Berlin-based digital bank founded in 2013. Operating with a European full banking license (BaFin), the company provides fully app-based...
