Solarisbank

Solaris SE is a Berlin-based fintech company that provides a banking-as-a-service platform with its German banking license.[1] It was founded in 2015 as part of Finleap and launched in March 2016.[2] The company has partnerships with MasterCard and has raised funds from various investors.[3] Solarisbank offers banking service modules for digital companies and financial services startups. In January 2022, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) of Germany ordered a special audit due to organizational deficiencies.[4]

Solarisbank
Private
IndustryFintech
Founded2016
FounderAndreas Bittner and Marko Wenthin
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Area served
Europe

References

  1. "SolarisBank, a bank for digital and fintech startups, gets banking license". Finextra Research. 2016-03-14. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/28604/solarisbank-a-bank-for-digital-and-fintech-startups-gets-banking-license. Retrieved 2017-11-18. 
  2. Ninon Renaud (13 May 2016). "La banque en kit prend corps avec solarisBank" (in fr). Les Echos.fr. https://www.lesechos.fr/13/05/2016/LesEchos/22191-132-ECH_la-banque-en-kit-prend-corps-avec-solarisbank.htm. Retrieved 2022-09-04. - O'Hear, Steve (13 June 2016). "German fintech company builder FinLeap raises €21M at €121M valuation". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2016/06/13/finleap-of-faith/. Retrieved 2017-11-18. 
  3. Antony Peyton (11 October 2016). "MasterCard and SolarisBank partner for digital banking push". Banking Technology. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2022-09-04.- "SolarisBank partners MasterCard to develop new banking modules". The Paypers. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  4. Dennis Schwarz; Felix Holtermann (28 January 2022). "Solarisbank wächst rasant, BaFin schickt Sonderprüfer" (in de). Handelsblatt. https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/neobank-solarisbank-waechst-rasant-bafin-schickt-sonderpruefer/28017262.html. Retrieved 2022-09-04. -

    Solarisbank Media

    "BaFin sorgt sich um Solaris Bank und schickt Sonderprüfer" (in de). Business Insider. 29 January 2022. https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/die-bafin-sorgt-sich-um-die-solarisbank-und-schickt-einen-sonderpruefer. Retrieved 2022-09-04.