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Mobile payment firm iZettle introduces chip and pin technology
Swedish mobile payment startup iZettle has solved the Visa security problem by introducing new chip-and-PIN technology. Previously, Visa refused payments
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Turn your peers into pocket Lonely Planets – “smart location diary” Twisper launches
Want to find the best coffee in Zurich, the best schnitzel in Vienna
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Amsterdam’s Elasticsearch closes $24m funding round with Index Ventures
Amsterdam-based open source search engine project Elasticsearch has announced $24m in Series B funding,
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Russian online retailing giant KupiVIP looking to raise $125m in 2014 IPO
Russian e-commerce giant KupiVIP is looking to raise $125m in an initial public offering next year to finance warehouse construction
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GetYourGuide targets new European markets, enlists China expert to board of directors
Today online activity-booking platform GetYourGuide broadens its international footprint by expanding to Spain,
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Facebook’s Irish headquarters save it from German data law
Facebook users in Germany concerned with online privacy face a blow – a regional court in Schleswig-Holstein has upheld the
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Zalando doubles sales to €1bn, breaks even for the first time in home region
Rocket Internet’s online fashion retailer Zalando doubled its sales to €1 billion last
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Mysterious investors in mobile payment device Payleven revealed – the Berlusconi clan
Last month, a high one-million US dollar amount was invested in Berlin-based mobile
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Berlin startup Mambu raises $2m to tackle microfinance tech
Point Nine and Russian-based Runa Capital are teaming up to invest $2m in Mambu, a Berlin-based SaaS startup one of
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Paymill announces additional funding round amid rumours of Stripe’s global expansion
Today Paymill, the Rocket Internet-operated online payments service strikingly similar to US-based Stripe,
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