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Visa And Mastercard Excluded As Payment Option On German Online Casinos

June 2, 2020

Visa and Mastercard excluded as payment option on German online casinos. German consumers on online casino platforms will no longer be able to use Visa and Mastercard as a mode of payment. This comes after a ...

Number Of Downloaded Games In Germany Is Increasing

May 8, 2020

The German Games Industry Association has come out to say that the number of games that are being downloaded has seen an increase in 2019. As a result, the revenue generated from downloads of games from PC, h...

BaFin Classifies Crypto as Financial Instrument

March 2, 2020

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, popularly known as BaFin, released guidance on Monday, classifying digital assets as financial instruments. Per the financial regulator, virtual currencies ...

40 German Banks Seek BaFin’s Nod to Offer Bitcoin Custody

February 11, 2020

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, better known as BaFin, has received more than 40 applications from German banks seeking permission to become Bitcoin custodians. Reported by local news outl...

Germany Passes Blockchain Strategy to Push Back Facebook’s Libra

September 18, 2019

Germany joined France in the forefront of the resistance against the launch of Facebook’s Libra in Europe on Wednesday when it passed a comprehensive blockchain strategy to push back the establishment of any ...

Germany To Introduce Legalized Sportsbetting

March 22, 2019

The leaders of Germany’s 16 states have reportedly ratified legislation that will update the nation’s official stance on sportsbetting by temporarily legalizing the activity and allowing operators to apply ...

Boerse Stuttgart and solarisBank to Develop Crypto Exchange

December 13, 2018

Boerse Stuttgart Group, the second-largest exchange in Germany, announced on Wednesday that it has teamed up with solarisBank, a Berlin-based fintech company that holds a German banking license, to develop a ...

Germany’s SolarisBank Launches Dedicated Service For Crypto Banking Needs

July 9, 2018

Berlin-based ‎solarisBank, a Fintech company with a German banking license, has announced that it will extend its range of services provided for cryptocurrency-linked companies. The Banking-as-a-Platform (Baa...

German Bank VPE Brings Cryptocurrency Trading to Institutional Investors

April 25, 2018

German bank VPE has partnered with Berlin-based fintech company ‎solarisBank to facilitate cryptocurrency trading for institutional ‎investors, like hedge and pension funds.‎ From the press release shared wi...

Börse Stuttgart and Barclays Bank Latest Institutions to Go Crypto

April 15, 2018

Börse Stuttgart, the second largest stock exchange in Germany, is to launch a cryptocurrency trading application later this year. The app, called ‘Bison’, will be launched by the fintech arm of the bourse, So...