{"id":8868,"date":"2018-03-07T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2018-03-07T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T06:41:32","slug":"penta-a-new-digital-bank-for-startups-and-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/penta-a-new-digital-bank-for-startups-and-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Penta: a new digital bank for startups and SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German company Penta is partnering with solarisBank to launch a new digital bank that has been designed to meet all the needs of startups and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Co-founder and CEO Lav Odorovic believes that these segments are underserved by current banks and that they are hindered by current banks making \u201caccount opening cumbersome and much more difficult than it should be, whilst simultaneously charging exorbitant fees\u201d. The new bank also plans to partner with the best FinTech and business application providers to offer their customers easy access to important tools for startups and SMEs.<\/p>\n<p>Penta will also offer businesses a completely free account with up to 10 free transactions per month in order to help them grow. The bank\u2019s philosophy is that, as a customer\u2019s business grows, so too will their banking needs. Customers can then take advantage of additional paid Penta products and services through the Penta Business App Store in a concept they call \u201cPay as You Grow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Penta is only available for businesses registered in Germany; however, it has plans to expand to the rest of Europe in the near future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-8868 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Five key areas for the use of artificial intelligence'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/five-key-areas-for-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/27233443.606886.5569-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8025\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8025'>\n\t\t\t\tFive key areas for the use of artificial intelligence\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Russian insurers, intermediaries discuss API integration'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/russian-insurers-intermediaries-discuss-api-integration\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/russian-insurers-intermediaries-discuss-api-integration-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12913\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12913'>\n\t\t\t\tRussian insurers, intermediaries discuss API integration\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Number of bank branches in the Czech Republic decreasing'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/number-of-bank-branches-in-the-czech-republic-decreasing\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/label-storefront-depression-vintage-road_1339-61-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8884\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8884'>\n\t\t\t\tNumber of bank branches in the Czech Republic decreasing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German company Penta is partnering with solarisBank to launch a new digital bank that has been designed to meet all the needs of startups and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Co-founder and CEO Lav Odorovic believes that these segments are underserved by current banks and that they are hindered by current banks making \u201caccount opening &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,290],"tags":[35,141,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9012,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8868\/revisions\/9012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}