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Raisin announces €60 million funding

Berlin, March 23, 2023. The Berlin-based Fintech Raisin has raised €60 million in a series E funding round, from existing and new investors. The global savings and investment specialist recently exceeded 1 million customers, for which a total of €850 million in interest has been generated since founding the company in 2012. Raisin has been […]

Raisin partners with subsidiary of Brazil’s largest privately-owned bank

Itaú BBA Europe offers competitive retail term deposits in Germany exclusively via WeltSparen Berlin-based Fintech Raisin has secured Itaú BBA Europe as a new partner bank. Through Raisin’s German platform WeltSparen, the bank now offers short-term deposits at competitive interest rates. Itaú BBA Europe, S.A. (“Itaú BBA Europe”), based in Portugal, is the subsidiary of […]

Raisin to launch first private market proposition: New private equity product in cooperation with Moonfare

Raisin, a leading fintech in the savings and investments space, manages over 1.5 billion EUR in ETFs as part of its robo-advisory proposition launched in 2018. Together with Moonfare, the globally leading DTC digital private equity investment platform, Raisin is now expanding its product portfolio to include its first alternative asset class. Private customers can […]

Raisin DS announces first RIA partnership for U.S. deposits platform SaveBetter

The partnership provides MJP Wealth Advisors and their clients with efficient access to a diverse array of FDIC insured savings products via Deposit Solutions LLC’s  innovative deposit platform, SaveBetter   Deposit Solutions LLC and MJP Wealth Advisors are pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership between the two firms that will provide clients […]

Deposit Solutions and Raisin merge to form Raisin DS

FinTech companies Deposit Solutions and Raisin have announced the completion of their merger. After over a year of preparation, the two companies are forming Raisin DS, a pioneer in the savings and investment market, servicing banks and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Fintech Raisin goes live in U.S. with first partner bank

Fintech Raisin and MapleMark Bank out of Dallas, Texas, today announced the launch of Raisin’s patented term deposits technology on MapleMark Bank’s digital platform. By integrating the Raisin Savings-as-a-Service software, MapleMark Bank becomes the first Raisin U.S. partner bank to offer clients unique term deposits that can be personalized to individual client needs.

Raisin crosses billion euro threshold in ETF investments  

Leading wealth management fintech Raisin now also has over one billion euros in investment assets under management. Though known primarily for its pan-European savings platforms, Raisin also offers its German customers a range of ETF investment products. The investment business has grown by more than a third in 2021.

First overnight account for leading Dutch savings marketplace Raisin.nl

Raisin Netherlands has announced an expansion of its savings portfolio into the highly popular product category of overnight accounts. With the addition of new partner Nordax Bank, the platform’s first bank from AAA-rated Sweden, Raisin’s marketplace now features its first overnight deposit product enabling the savings broker’s customers to invest with maximum flexibility. Customers will […]

Fintech Raisin launches in Italy with Banca Sella partnership

Italian bank Banca Sella and pan-European deposits marketplace Raisin are cooperating to give the bank’s customers access for the first time to third-party savings products. Through the integration of Raisin’s marketplace, Banca Sella customers will be able to invest from their Banca Sella accounts in select deposits at other Italian banks and banks across Europe.

European fintech Raisin grows in UK despite pandemic and Brexit

With leading European fintechs pulling out of the UK and a growing trend in the financial industry away from London to the continent, Raisin continues to chart the reverse course of expansion across the Channel. On launching Raisin UK’s new cooperation with FTSE250-listed investment platform AJ Bell, Raisin is expanding its “Savings as a Service” offer to UK-based financial service providers.

Klarna and Raisin launch cooperation on deposits

Klarna, a global leader in payments and online shopping, has launched a cooperation in Germany with the deposits marketplace Raisin. By partnering with the Berlin-based fintech Klarna is further expanding into the German savings market.

Raisin partners with justETF, Europe’s largest ETF consumer guide

Raisin’s German platform WeltSparen will offer portfolios created by justETF experts A selection of 10 different justETF portfolios are now available Cost-effective and transparent: the annual service fee starts at 0.33% The European online consumer guide for investment, justETF (www.justETF.com), and Berlin-fintech Raisin share the aim of enabling investors to find and choose the investments […]

Raisin’s Interest Rate Radar: The Search for Optimism

Continuing uncertainty on world trade is raising serious questions for manufacturing economies like Germany’s, as well as for everyone facing tariffs, potentially spurring changes to trade routes and relationships alike. Between Brexit, the trade war and a change of guard at the ECB, European businesses and economic analysts have to follow a faster moving ball […]

Yolt launches competitive deposit products in partnership with Raisin

Pan-European deposits platform enables smart thinking money management app to expand savings offer Yolt users in the UK, France and Italy can apply for a Raisin account accessing a wide range of deposit products, select from competitive Raisin offers and see their deposits, directly within the app. The integration builds on Yolt’s mission to enable […]

Savings marketplace Raisin.ie launches in Ireland

Bringing up to 3 times higher rates to Irish savers Deposits platform Raisin.ie available in Ireland as of today Top 2-year deposit on Raisin.ie is more than 3 times higher than next best offer €16 billion brokered savings volume and €115+ million in interest earned for savers Irish household total volume deposits is €100 billion […]

Scalable Capital partners with Raisin and expands its product range with fixed-term deposits 

Digital wealth manager Scalable Capital now offers fixed-term deposits from banks across Europe Raisin, Europe’s leading marketplace for savings products, expands its B2B business partnerships Florian Prucker, co-founder and co-CEO of Scalable Capital: “We are complementing our offering with products that can provide attractive returns without the risks of the capital markets”   Munich/London/Berlin, September […]

Ping An Global Voyager Fund and Raisin invest in Joonko

Joonko, the new digital financial portal from finleap, Europe’s leading fintech ecosystem, is attracting prominent investors ahead of its official launch. The Global Voyager Fund of Ping An Group, the world’s largest insurance company in terms of market capitalization, and Raisin, the leading provider of simple savings, investment and pension products, are jointly investing in […]

Raisin’s Interest Rate Radar: September 2019

The pan-European deposits platform Raisin (www.raisin.com) regularly publishes the Raisin Interest Rate Radar to assess the ongoing effect of the ECB (European Central Bank) rate policy on savers throughout Europe. The data released by the ECB in August reflected rates up until two months prior to the release (June 2019). ECB forces negative rates on […]

Cross-border banking service meets cross-border savings in one app

Monese and Raisin launch new service Monese Savings to offer better savings Monese, the banking service that gives people the financial freedom to thrive anywhere, is announcing a pan-European partnership with the cross-border deposits marketplace Raisin. Starting today, Monese personal account customers in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Spain will gain access […]

Joint forces: MHB-Bank becomes Raisin Bank – Focus on Banking-as-a-Service for Fintechs

Focus on banking-as-a-service for fintechs points to future of financial services The Berlin-based fintech Raisin continues to expand. Following the successful conclusion of ownership control procedures by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (known as BaFin), Raisin has taken over MHB-Bank as sole owner, thus becoming the first fintech in Germany to buy a bank. Since […]

Fintech Raisin acquires pension specialist fairr

Raisin becomes only platform for savings, investments and pensions Two leading German fintechs are merging, after growing side by side into fintech success stories. The pan-European savings marketplace Raisin is acquiring fairr, Germany’s leading fintech for retirement savings. In addition to fixed-term and overnight accounts, as well as cost-effective ETF portfolios in the German market, […]

Fintech Raisin strikes major deal: Legal & General banks on UK cash savings market with Raisin UK

Legal & General brings European savings to the UK mass market Legal & General, one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor, has announced a partnership with Manchester-based fintech Raisin.co.uk. The collaboration will provide Legal & General customers with access to FSCS* protected cash savings accounts through the Raisin.co.uk marketplace. With the […]

Goldman Sachs invests €25 million in German fintech Raisin

  Pan-European savings marketplace Raisin today announced a new investment of €25 million by Goldman Sachs. With the new funding bringing the total volume of primary investment to €195 million, Raisin retains its leading position as the best funded tech startup in the savings and investment area in Europe. The new injection of capital follows […]

Raisin’s Interest Rate Radar: July 2019

End in sight for Mario Draghi’s term but none for penalty interest Most European economies find themselves exactly where they were a year ago on rates The pan-European deposits platform Raisin (www.raisin.com) regularly publishes the Raisin Interest Rate Radar to assess the ongoing effect of the ECB (European Central Bank) rate policy on savers throughout Europe. The […]

Raisin’s Interest Rate Radar: May-June 2019

ECB weighs low inflation, looks toward future without Draghi In a speech back on May 17, European Central Bank Director Benoit Coeuré stated that global factors remain a weight on Eurozone growth and that the ECB council is ready to adjust monetary policy instruments to sustainably move inflation towards its 2% target. The ECB council […]

German fintech Raisin to enter $12.7 trillion U.S. deposits market

Award-winning deposits marketplace drives access to better savings Raisin, the Berlin-based European savings and investment marketplace, today announced that it is entering the U.S. market with the appointment of financial industry expert, Paul Knodel, as U.S. CEO. Raisin will bring its cross-border deposits business model to the $12.7 trillion U.S. deposits market. This expansion follows […]

Raisin launches Savings Plan for German ETF investment platform

From saver to investor: building wealth, starting at €50 per month Raisin, Europe’s leading marketplace for savings and investment products, is making investing easy for everyone. Starting on its German platform WeltSparen (www.WeltSparen.de), the Berlin-based fintech Raisin is introducing a savings plan for its line of ETF portfolios. With the new savings plan Raisin’s customers […]

illimity in Partnership with Raisin for a European Offer

illimity’s deposit accounts will also be available cross-border on the open banking platform of the pan-European fintech   illimity, the new paradigm banking start-up listed on Borsa Italiana’s MTA exchange, announces a partnership with Raisin, the leading pan-European marketplace for online savings and investments in Europe. Thanks to this partnership, illimity’s deposit accounts will also […]

Orange Digital Ventures invests in Raisin, the leading pan-European savings marketplace

Orange Digital Ventures announces its latest investment with Raisin, an innovative Berlin-based fintech making strides in the European savings marketplace. Orange has joined the €100m Series D fundraising round of Raisin alongside existing investors Index Ventures, PayPal, Ribbit Capital and Thrive Capital. The new round allows Raisin, one of the fastest growing European start-ups, to […]

Fintech Raisin and Commerzbank launch savings platform for corporate clients

  Expansion of Commerzbank’s fixed-term product offers for corporate clients Building bridges to find the answer to low interest rates on fixed-term deposits Offered rates significantly above market levels Collaboration of two market leaders in Germany   BERLIN – 16. April 2019 – Raisin’s German savings platform WeltSparen (www.weltsparen.de) is collaborating with Commerzbank to reach […]

ClearScore launches savings accounts through partnership with Raisin

  Manchester 12th April 2019. The leading online savings platform Raisin UK has announced a new partnership with ClearScore, the UK’s number one credit checking service. Featuring seamless integration into ClearScore’s website and mobile applications, more than 8 million UK users of the free online credit check service will be offered easy-access to the Raisin UK […]

Fintech Buys Bank: Savings Marketplace Raisin Makes its Next Move

Open Banking Pioneer takes over MHB Bank to offer one-stop service At a time when many banks are looking to invest in fintech companies, the open banking fintech Raisin is taking the road less travelled by buying MHB Bank of Frankfurt, its long-time service bank. The Berlin-based fintech will thus be able to expand its […]

o2 Banking launches savings and investment products with Raisin’s WeltSparen

Telefónica Deutschland starts distribution partnership with Raisin’s German platform WeltSparen Berlin / Munich, 23. January 2019. Beginning today, O2 Banking customers in Germany will gain access to WeltSparen’s wide range of savings and investment products directly through their mobile O2 Banking app. In Germany’s ongoing low-interest environment, O2 Banking customers looking for new options to […]

Raisin joins the Temenos MarketPlace

Addition of deposit platform broadens MarketPlace scope to include banking services as well as complementary applications. Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, announces today that Raisin, Europe’s largest deposits marketplace, has joined MarketPlace.   The Berlin-based fintech Raisin offers European savers higher interest rates on their deposits, which are fully protected under the national […]

Raisin launches savings platform in the Netherlands

Raisin introduces localized platform Raisin.nl for Dutch savers, its fifth country launch outside of home market Germany Amsterdam, 29. August 2018 – Today Raisin, the leading pan-European marketplace for savings products with over 150,000 European customers, is launching its platform www.raisin.nl, dedicated to Dutch savers. Raisin is further expanding its reach in the Netherlands after introducing its distribution partnership with Dutch […]

Investing for Everyone – Raisin Launches ETF Portfolios in Cooperation with Vanguard

Investing for Everyone – Raisin Launches ETF Portfolios in Cooperation with Vanguard Berlin, 26 March 2018. Raisin – Europe’s leading provider for simple saving and investment solutions with more than 100,000 customers – adds ETF portfolios to its German product offering. Starting today German customers can access the new products online – and thus participate […]

BinckBank and Raisin Announce Close Cooperation to Disrupt Dutch Savings Market

BinckBank and Raisin Announce Close Cooperation to Disrupt Dutch Savings Market Berlin, 15 February 2018. BinckBank N.V. will be the first in the Dutch banking sector to offer its clients access to European savings products via its cooperation with Raisin, the leading provider of simple savings and investment products. Today, BinckBank launched its new product […]

Raisin Closes Another Round of Financing

BERLIN – 20 December 2017 – Raisin, Europe’s #1 financial marketplace that enables savers to access the best deposit rates across Europe, has closed another round of financing. The company previously has raised a total of EUR 60 million, with investments from Thrive Capital, Ribbit Capital and Index Ventures. Raisin’s most recent fundraise closed in […]

Raisin Welcomes Bank and Clients from the UK as Partner Bank Number 37

We are pleased to welcome our second new partner bank this week: Bank and Clients (B&C) is number 37 on our marketplace and will offer its attractive term deposits on our German localized platform www.weltsparen.de. Savers will be able to open term deposits, using a fully online process to invest up to EUR 90,000 with […]

BlueOrange Bank Goes Live as Partner Bank Number 36!

We are happy to announce BlueOrange Bank as our second partner bank from Latvia that just went live on our localized German and Austrian platforms. BlueOrange Bank offers term deposits with interest rates of up to 1.33 percent and a minimum deposit of EUR 2,000. The investment process with BlueOrange Bank is fully online, making […]

Raisin Acquires PBF Solutions: We Want to Make Saving in the UK More Attractive

BERLIN – September 20th, 2017 – Raisin wants to give UK savers a better choice for saving their money. Today we announce that Raisin GmbH, the leading European deposit marketplace, has acquired Manchester-based financial technology specialist PBF Solutions to offer end-to-end deposit raising for UK banks and other providers, together with a compelling proposition for UK […]

Businesses Now Also Benefit from Raisin’s Term Deposit Offers

Starting today, German businesses can open term deposit accounts with the deposit marketplace Raisin. The opportunity to open and manage term deposits throughout Europe is unique for business customers giving them the chance to gain higher interests. The service starts in Germany, where low interest rates have especially plagued the market: On average, businesses will […]

Partner Bank Number 34: Medicinos Bankas

We are happy to announce the second onboarding of a partner bank from the Baltic States this week: With the launch of Medicinos Bankas from Lithuania, the number of available partner banks on our German localized platform WeltSparen.de rises to 34! The miminum deposit for a savings account with Medicinos Bankas is €5,000 and savers […]

Baltic International Bank Goes Live as Thirty-Third Partner Bank of Raisin

Today, the localized German platform WeltSparen.de onboarded its first partner bank from Latvia: Baltic International Bank! Customers can start saving from as little as €2,000 and earn interest of up to 1.25% on their term deposits. From now on, savers can open and manage deposits with 33 partner banks from 16 European countries through a […]

Raisin one of „FinTech 50“

Having been elected to the FinTech 50 list for the second time in a row on Tuesday, the term deposit marketplace Raisin can call itself one of the most important FinTech companies in Europe. FinTechCity has been compiling its list of 50 European businesses who are transforming financial services since 2012. „When we founded the […]

Raisin announces cooperation with SOFORT

BERLIN – 29 March 2017 – Raisin GmbH, the leading marketplace for savings products across Europe, teams up with SOFORT, the premier direct payment provider. Over 60.000 customers already use the Berlin-based pan-European marketplace with its 29 partner banks. Due to the partnership, new customers can now complete their registration process in an even more […]

Raisin raises €30 million in Series C financing

BERLIN – 26 January 2017 – Raisin, Europe’s #1 financial marketplace that enables savers to access the best deposit rates across Europe, has closed a €30 million Series C financing. This brings the total amount raised to date to €60 million making Raisin one of the most solidly financed FinTech companies in continental Europe. The […]

Raisin reaches record of EUR 2 bn invested

Raisin reaches EUR 2 billion on the 3-year anniversary of its German launch Berlin, January 10th, 2017 – Raisin proudly announces that at the end of 2016 it did not only celebrate the 3-year anniversary of its launch in Germany but also reached a milestone of EUR 2 billion in invested volume. “Raisin is the only […]

Raisin launches exclusive savings platform for Spain

Raisin is now allowing Spanish savers to raise their interest via www.raisin.es – making this the third international launch this year next to Raisin’s home market Germany. Berlin/Madrid, December 1st – Today Raisin, the leading Pan-European online deposit marketplace, has launched its Spanish-language platform www.raisin.es for customers in Spain with a dedicated Spanish customer service […]

20th partner bank and EUR 1.7 bn invested

Raisin is the First European Investment Fintech to reach EUR 1.7 billion as the 20th Partner Bank joins Berlin, September 27th, 2016 – Just 5 months after becoming the first European Fintech in the investment area to reach 1 billion Euro, Raisin proudly announces to have reached more than EUR 1.7 billion in invested volume. As […]

Raisin: Third partner bank starts on the pan-European deposit marketplace

Euram bank from Austria offers up to 1.5% p.a. for 24 months Berlin, June 29th, 2016 – Raisin proudly presents its third partner bank on the pan-European deposit marketplace raisin.com: Euram Bank from Austria. After partner banks from Poland and the Czech Republic, Raisin now adds a partner bank from Austria – an AA+ rated […]

Raisin and Younited Credit cooperate on the German-speaking markets

The two Fintech companies launch a cross-border partnership today: Younited Credit markets its savings products to German and Austrian residents via Raisin. Berlin/Paris, June 10, 2016 – Raisin, the pan-European online savings platform, and Younited Credit (formerly Prêt d’Union), the leading P2P lending platform to individuals in France, announce today the start of their international […]

Raisin launches platform for France

After having launched its European Platform, Raisin is now available with its new French platform www.raisin.fr. Berlin/ Paris, May 31th – Today Raisin, the Pan-European online deposit marketplace, has launched www.raisin.fr for customers in France, in French language and with dedicated French customer support. Within a few weeks after the European launch Raisin managed to […]

Raisin: First European Fintech to reach 1 billion Euro invested Volume

Berlin, April 26th 2016 – Raisin is the first European fintech startup that has reached the incredible amount of 1 billion Euro invested volume. Since Raisin started with its German platform WeltSparen in December 2013 customers have invested more than 1 billion Euro in overnight money and fix-term deposits. Within Europe Raisin´s success is unique, […]

Raisin launches the first pan-European marketplace for savings

Customers in 30 countries gain access to higher-interest rate accounts across the continent Berlin, April 6th 2016 – Raisin has today launched the first-ever pan-European marketplace for savings. The European-wide launch follows Raisin’s successful 2013 debut in Germany where it operates under the name WeltSparen. In a little over two years, Raisin’s 35,000 customers have already deposited […]

Early sign-ups to smart new savings platform ‘Raisin’ receive up to €500

Wednesday, 18th Nov 2015, Berlin: Savers across Europe will be among the first to benefit from Raisin’s new referral programme. Raisin, the European brand of Berlin-based fintech startup SavingGlobal, will be offering customers a welcome bonus for registering with the European platform ahead of its launch in a few weeks. With the holiday season rapidly […]