Women are at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, representing 70 per cent of the health and social sector workforce globally, and with economies...
Tag - Technology & Innovation
Tech trends and breakthroughs from Central Europe to Central Asia
Nobody expected it (1). We all felt the consequences. The Covid-19 pandemic is still taking its toll across the globe, even though it seems that in a way we have gotten...
The European Commission has published its yearly Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) report, which tracks the evolution of EU member countries in digital...
Coronavirus has had an immense impact on a range of industries, of which the digital banking sector is not the least. However, in parallel with the difficulties it has...
Budapest-based fintech company Barion has secured up two million euros to expand its payment solutions throughout Europe. The Series B round was led by Financial...
A major new report from Swedbank, a Nordic-Baltic banking group based in Stockholm, Sweden, claims that the construction of a high speed rail link between the Estonian...
Budapest has been named as the most business-friendly city in emerging Europe as part of the 2020 Emerging Europe Awards. Emerging Europe invited 70 global location...
Following the European Commission’s ambition for a new digital finance strategy and in light of the extraordinary circumstances consumers and businesses are facing...
South Africa-based but Estonian-founded fintech start-up Planet42 has raised 2.2 million euros of investment in order to continue facilitating access to mobility for the...
It’s not been a great few months for carmakers, with sales down by over 40 per cent and production halted at many car plants across the world. Only over the past...
Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to most of the economies of emerging Europe will be hard hit by the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a new...
The global funding and trading platform Funderbeam has unveiled its new Funderbeam Venture Index, which enables investors to track price changes of tradable equity...
A new accelerator programme for the region’s fintech start-ups is offering intensive training, mentorship and investment in order to provide an additional boost to...