Richard and Nicola Breyer, CEO of finleap connect, discuss how fintech leaders can become overwhelmed or confused about what steps to take to grow their companies, and how this can speed up the scaling process with the right mindset. They discuss everything from funding an enterprise to marketing and building a team, and how each action requires the right frame of mind to get the best results.

Meet our Head of Open Banking, Katja Hunstock. Read more about her exciting career and perspective on the newest trends in Open Banking.

A warm welcome to our newest Italian market team members in Milan! They joined us with deep SME knowledge and will further develop our banking solutions for SMEs. As announced today, the SME business banking platform Penta decided to close its business operations in Italy to focus on their core market in Germany. finleap connect will take over the great team.

The past few months have been demanding, forcing every business, company and individual to examine and reevaluate how they go about their day-to-day lives. We interviewed some of our connectors about the learnings they’ve taken with them since the Corona crisis began.

In addition to our offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt, there are international market teams based in Milan, Madrid and Paris. General Managers Marco Berini, Ignacio Garcia and Nicolas Montes-Edwards are driving their teams to offer finleap connect’s state-of-the-art technologies and products to local business partners and financial service providers in Italy, Spain and France, respectively.

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate this year, we’ve interviewed Shafaq Kazmi, Senior Frontend Engineer at finleap connect, about the tech scene and diversity in Berlin. Read on to find out about her upbringing in Pakistan, her advice to companies looking to become more diverse, and her role models.

The whole finleap ecosystem got together and celebrated the successes of 2019 at the annual finleap Christmas party. This year, finleap traveled back in time to a colorful era. The motto of this year’s party: Ugly ’90s! As a tradition, all fins (finleap employees) and team members of the ecosystem took the dress code of the party seriously. The costumes included neon colors, oversized t-shirts, tattoo bracelets, and the Spice Girls. Let’s recap the finleap party of the year!