Press
"N26 is a well-designed native app — it’s like drinking a glass of ice water in hell." —TechCrunch
"N26 is an excellent banking option for just about any international traveler." —Forbes
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Press releases
10.05.17 | N26 and Raisin partner to offer innovative savings products at attractive rates Thanks to a new partnership with Raisin, N26 clients can now open fixed term deposits at very attractive rates at several European banks with only a few clicks. With almost 400.000 customers between them, leading European mobile bank N26 and major European deposit marketplace Raisin are among the top FinTech companies in Germany and throughout the EU. Currently, this offer is only available for clients in Germany, but will be launched in other European countries later this year. Images as ZIP: https://goo.gl/A26obs PDF |
19.04.17 | The Mobile Bank Account for Freelancers and Self-Employed PDF |
15.03.17 | N26 becomes leading mobile Bank in Europe PDF |
06.02.17 | N26 leverages banking license to offer real-time consumer credits PDF |
06.12.16 | N26 goes Europe PDF |
25.10.16 | N26 Launches Premium Account PDF |
27.09.16 | With N26 requesting money from friends is now as simple as it gets PDF |
13.09.16 | “Send 5 Euros to Max.” - Send Money with N26 and Siri PDF |
26.07.16 | Bank license in hand, N26 extends its financial platform and starts its first investment product PDF |
21.07.16 | Number26 receives banking license PDF |
29.06.16 | Mobile banking fraud prevention through artificial intelligence: NUMBER26 receives about 700.000 € subsidy from Investitionsbank Berlin PDF |
21.06.16 | NUMBER26 Raises US $40 Million in Series B Funding PDF |
05.06.16 | NUMBER26 Statement Cancellations Start Fair Use Policy PDF |
25.02.16 | NUMBER26 and TransferWise Partner to Offer Fair and Easy International Money Transfers PDF |
26.01.16 | NUMBER26 announces 100.000 user milestone just one year after launch PDF |
03.12.15 | NUMBER26 launches in six new European markets PDF |
17.12.15 | NUMBER26 launch of Maestro Card improves the smartphone account PDF |
19.11.15 | NUMBER26 challenges traditional banks by further completing their banking experience The one–click overdraft is the first step in building its Fintech Hub PDF |
22.10.15 | Retail Instead of Bank Branch: Withdraw and deposit cash directly at thousands of checkouts using only your smartphone — no card necessary PDF |
16.04.15 | NUMBER26 10 million € Series A – Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures invests PDF |
26.01.15 | Europe’s most modern bank account launches PDF |
19.06.14 | "Banking but Better” – Earlybird, Redalpine and Axel Springer Plug and Play fund 2 million Euro seed round in NUMBER26 PDF |
N26 in numbers
Where does our name come from? Our name is related to the rubik’s cube – although it is incredibly complex, you can solve it in only a few step, if you have the right strategy. This is our inspiration for solving the complex banking system. But why 26? Well, the rubik's cube consists of 26 individual dice.
2013
Founded
200
Employees
300.000
Customers
USD 55 Mio
Invested
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Our Management Board
Valentin Stalf
Founder and CEO
Born in Vienna, Valentin studied Accounting & Finance (M.A. HSG) at the University of St. Gallen, Sophia University in Tokyo and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. During his studies he worked in a number of fields including Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking/Mergers & Acquisition. After graduating he joined the Internet Incubator Rocket Internet as Entrepreneur in Residence and was involved in building different companies.
Maximilian Tayenthal
Founder and CFO
Maximilian, born in Vienna, studied Business Administration, International Management and Law in Vienna, Rotterdam and Paris. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder. Before founding N26, he worked as a strategy consultant with Booz & Company, as assistant to the CFO in an Austria's largest insurance company, and gained experiences in Corporate/M&A in a law firm.
Markus Gunter
CEO N26 Bank
Markus Gunter studied Business Administration after finishing a banking apprenticeship. He pioneered the first internet platform of a German bank at HYPO-BANK AG and built up Activest and Pioneer Investments as managing director to one of the top five asset management companies in Germany. Afterwards he started as CEO of stock exchange listed DAB Bank AG, but he turned to N26 Bank as CEO as he realized that mobile banking is a superior solution to financial services.
Matthias Oetken
CFO/CRO N26 Bank
Matthias Oetken was trained as a banker at Commerzbank before studying Business in Göttingen. Afterwards he worked as a risk and portfolio management expert for several banks such as Nord/LB, LB Kiel and HSH Nordbank AG with stations in Germany, Luxembourg and UK. Before joining N26 Bank, he was responsible for buliding up the spin-off HSH Financial Markets Advisory S.A. as CFO / CEO.
Media coverage
This Peter Thiel-backed startup just took a major step toward replacing your bank
The year-and-a-half-old startup, based in Berlin, was awarded a full German banking license.
Number26, a start-up bank backed by Peter Thiel, Li Ka-shing, raises $40 million
Number26 ... appears to be quite ahead of the competition
Number26, German Banking Start-Up, Expands Across Europe
Number26 has targeted younger customers who have grown up surfing the web.
German start-up launches pan-European bank for mobile users
Number26 is looking to succeed ... by relying on mobile phones to build a true pan-European bank
This Finance Startup Seeks Cash to Nab Deutsche Bank Customers
The German financial technology startup expands to six additional European markets to win customers from established rivals ...
Fintech Start-Ups Now Targeting Banks’ Core
One of the few advantages of using a bank branch was to be able to deposit cash. Not any more.
