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Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

TechCrunch

Lightyear’s expansion includes the following markets: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

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Yapily to acquire finAPI in open banking consolidation move

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It offers an API with coverage in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. But the startup isn’t currently active in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Within three years from launch, we have commercialized our platform, grown our customer base, and now have the largest open banking payments volumes in Europe.

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Bloomreach raises $150M on $900M valuation and acquires Exponea

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Exponea will give the company more of a complete platform of services, allowing marketers to target and personalize their marketing messages across multiple channels. Exponea was founded in 2016 in Slovakia and has raised over $57 million, according to Pitchbook data. They expect the integration parts to happen over the next year.

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Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in equity and debt

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Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia). Straathof says that by integrating Liberis’ business finance platform into a partner’s existing ecosystem and customer experience, the fintech is able to provide “instant value” for its partners and the SMEs they support. and the U.K. the product is available in five new countries: U.S.,

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Facebook allows posts with violent speech toward Russian soldiers in specific countries

The Verge

The New York Times confirmed this policy applies to people using the service from Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians.”. content mentions the invasion, self-defense, etc.).

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Can data fix healthcare?

TechCrunch

In the past I’d chatted with them about some of Microsoft’s largest platforms. The European payments platform reported H2 revenues of €379.4 The Slovakia-based startup previously raised a $1.6 Let’s see how fast they can transform Truveta from an idea I can’t help but dig, to a company that is a viable commercial concern.

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Microsoft acquires process mining vendor Minit to grow its automation offerings

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Signaling its ambitions in the process automation market, Microsoft has acquired Minit , a Bratislava, Slovakia-originated process mining technology vendor, for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced today. “Minit currently enables businesses to transform the way they analyze, monitor and optimize their processes.

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