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By acquiring its competitor Nivaura, NowCM wants to move faster in transforming capital markets, with the London Stock Exchange at its back. Photo: Shutterstock
TECHNOLOGY

NowCM eats up promising fintech Nivaura

Luxembourg-based fintech NowCM, a member of the LHoFT and under the supervision of the CSSF, has announced that it has acquired rising-star fintech Nivaura for an undisclosed amount. Nivaura has been backed by the London Stock Exchange and MiddleGame Ventures since 2019.

Thierry Labro • 31.01.2023
Freelance journalist François Rémy, who specialises in digital assets, is the author of the book “Comment les banques kidnappent le bitcoin” (How banks are kidnapping bitcoin). Photo: François Rémy
FINTECH

Mica a “validation of the cryptoasset market” says fintech author

Benoît Theunissen • 31.01.2023
Hussam El-Sheikh will remain in London to run the office where the fintech 9fin was started while his friend and CEO, Steve Hunter, takes over the New York office, where backing from Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital will be used to win new customers. Photo: 9fin
FINTECH

Investment firm Ilavska Vuillermoz backs 9fin

Thierry Labro • 12.01.2023
Christophe Medinger at the state savings bank Spuerkeess hopes that research (and subsequent advancement) in blockchain technology in Luxembourg will generate opportunities and tempt new companies to come here. Photo: Romain Gamba/Maison Moderne
BANKS

Decentralised finance: four areas in development

Jeff Palms • 12.01.2023
With the arrival of the EU’s Markets in crypto-assets (Mica) regulatory framework, Thomas Campione, director and cryptoasset leader at PwC Luxembourg, expects costs to rise for players in the crypto-asset industry. Photo: PwC Luxembourg
FINTECH

“Mica will create a natural selection”

Benoît Theunissen • 04.01.2023
Lhoft CEO Nasir Zubairi concedes that the cost of living in Luxembourg is a big drawback Matic Zorman
FINTECH

Nasir Zubairi: “Wage indexation, talent will be Luxembourg’s biggest challenges”

Joséphine Shilito • 25.12.2022
Ananda Kautz is head of innovation, digital and payments, at ABBL, the  Luxembourg Bankers' Association Vio Dudau
FINTECH

Ananda Kautz: It’s all about payments in 2023

Joséphine Shilito • 24.12.2022
Pascal Morosini is the CEO of i-Hub. Photo: i-Hub
SERVICES & ADVISORY

i-Hub now co-owned by five Luxembourg banks

Jeff Palms • 07.12.2022
Patrizia Luchetta co-founded Charlotte in Red, a digital platform for female artists, and previously worked on building up Luxembourg’s biotech ecosystem. Photo: Maison Moderne
TECHNOLOGY

How to build a startup ecosystem

Jeff Palms • 07.12.2022
Mangopay CEO Romain Mazeries (left) will be joined on the fintech startup’s executive committee by Nethone CEO Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald (right), following Mangopay’s acquisition of Nethone, a fraud detection specialist. Photo: Pacome Sadel/Mangopay
FINTECH

Mangopay acquires Nethone to combat e-commerce fraud

Thierry Labro • 29.11.2022
13 jobs will be lost at Riverbank after a social plan was signed. (Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne)
FINTECH

RiverBank to cut nearly a third of jobs

Mathilde Obert • 23.11.2022
Bitstamp has announced that it has obtained its 50th licence, in Spain, “The evaluation of the application file having taken less than a year is a testament to Bitstamp’s good reputation and its robust AML/CTF controls,” the company stated in a press release. Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Bitstamp secures 50th licence

Thierry Labro • 17.11.2022
“There are billions of people in the world who live far away from any possible physical point of a bank,” says Jurgen Hammer, managing director of the Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) in Europe.  Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Bearing responsibility in digital microfinance

Lisa Christl • 17.11.2022
NFTs potentially offer the way to end the doubt of originality and reproduction  for both digital and physical works of art Photo: Shutterstock
FINTECH

Breaking the mould: NFT solutions for art

Stephen Evans • 17.11.2022
Two years before the term “fintech” became commonplace, Raoul Mulheims (Finologee) launched Digicash, a revolutionary solution at the time. (Photo: Guy Wolff/ Maison Moderne archives)
FINTECH

Raoul Mulheims on ten years of Digicash

Thierry Labro • 15.11.2022
Ananda Kautz is head of innovation, payments & digital and member of the management board at the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL). Library photo: Matic Zorman/Maison Moderne
FINTECH

Fostering fintech initiatives

Ananda Kautz, guest contributor • 14.11.2022
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